CrystalGenomics Raises Hefty Funds, Gears Up For New Growth In Innovation
Executive Summary
Amid increasing exports of new drug Acelex and multiple out-licensing agreements for its investigative oncology drugs, the South Korean biotech is raising sizable new funds via stocks and bonds this year to seek new longer term growth engines by bringing in new drug assets, or seeking M&As and alliances, and speeding up progress of its R&D pipeline in global markets.
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