Scandinavia Serves Up Two Partners For Alexion, In Its Rare Disease Sweet-Spot
Executive Summary
Leading US biotech Alexion is to collaborate with two European biotechs, Affibody and Zealand, on early-stage products for rare diseases, involving bivalent antibody-mimetic scaffolds and novel peptides.
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