Asia Deal Watch: Astellas Invests In Taysha, Gets Rights To Two AAV Gene Therapies
Executive Summary
Plus deals involving Takeda/Zedira/Dr. Falk, Lupin/Sunovion, Eucure/Syncromune, Hetero/Johnson & Johnson, Nitto Denko/Omega, Harbour BioMed/CSPC and Pregene/Bone Therapeutics.
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