Deal Watch: Allergan, Celgene, AstraZeneca Among Biopharmas Advancing Existing Partnerships
Executive Summary
Recent deal-making has seen new developments to further existing agreements, including Allergan licensing a depression candidate from the spinout of a company it bought in 2015. Also, updates on deals involving Celgene, AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo.
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