Goldman Sachs Takes Holding In CRO Aragen Amid Outsourcing Impetus
Executive Summary
Goldman Sachs backs CRO Aragen, which it believes is well placed to gain from the “secular trend” of an outsourcing uptick by biopharma. Aragen has a string of alliances and is also assisting with both vaccine and test kit development against SARS-CoV-2 for its customers.
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