EIP And Diffusion Combine To Form CNS Firm With Dementia Focus
Neflamapimod At Heart Of All-Stock Merger
Executive Summary
The US biotechs are joining forces to form a new, listed company with sufficient cash to advance EIP’s potentially disease-modifying drug candidate through Phase II development in dementia with Lewy bodies, which presents a high unmet need.
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