Finland's Forendo Attracts Big Pharma For Liver Disease R&D
Deal To Boost Novartis's Liver Disease Efforts
Executive Summary
Turku, Finland-based Forendo Pharma has entered into a license and collaboration deal with Novartis involving the identification of novel drugs to treat chronic liver diseases.
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