Deal Watch: Roivant Adds Ligand's Glucose Receptor Antagonist To Metavant Pipeline
Executive Summary
Celgene will pursue "high-impact" indications using Vividion's proteomics technology, while Magenta will use Heidelberg's technology to try to optimize bone marrow transplants.
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