Boehringer Buys Antibody-Drug Conjugates Biotech NBE For €1.18bn
Second Acquisition In ROR1 Space In A Month
Executive Summary
Following in the wake of Merck & Co's acquisition of VelosBio, the German major is spending big to get hold of the Swiss oncology biotech NBE-Therapeutics which is also targeting the ROR1 protein.
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