VectivBio Grabs Tail Of Comet Therapeutics In New Rare Disease Play
Executive Summary
Deal Snapshot: VectivBio is expanding its existing focus on rare diseases into inherited metabolic disorders, which affect about one in 800 live births and cause significant mortality in infants and young people.
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