Deal Watch: Roche, Pfizer, GSK Close Out 2021 With Licensing Transactions
Executive Summary
Ahead of the usual flurry of deal-making in January, Roche gets retinal cell therapy candidate from Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Pfizer subsidiary Amplyx licenses antiviral candidate to Vera, and GSK expands neurology tie-up with Ligand.
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