Deal Watch: Amgen Outsources Celiac Drug To Provention; Lilly, NextCure Will Co-Discover IO Drugs
Executive Summary
Through its Provention collaboration, Amgen partnered with the team that worked on AMG 714 at Celimmune, which the big biotech bought in 2017. Lilly will partner with NextCure to use the latter's FIND-IO platform for immuno-oncology drug discovery.
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