Deal Watch: Roche Partners With Jnana On Cellular Metabolism Approach To Disease
Executive Summary
Pharma and the US biotech will target key regulators of cellular metabolism with focus on immune and neurological disorders. Royalty Pharma buys portion of PTC’s royalty rights to risdiplam, under development at Roche.
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