PureTech Health: Applying Deep Thinking And Business Acumen
Executive Summary
Targeting the age-dependent decline in immune function is the aim of a new PureTech Health subsidiary, resTORbio, that has licensed two clinical-stage mTORC1 inhibitors from Novartis.
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