AbbVie Pays $60m To Option Alpine’s Lupus Candidate
Executive Summary
Deal Snapshot: Set to begin a Phase II study that Alpine will complete, ALPN-101 is a dual inhibitor of CD28 and ICOS that may offer a new treatment option in SLE.
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