Troubled Adamis To Merge With Private DMK, Focus On Neurological Disease
Executive Summary
Deal Snapshot: Following a clinical failure for its COVID-19 candidate, Adamis sought strategic alternatives. DMK boasts a library of 750 first-in-class small molecule peptide analogues.
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