Evotec Leverages Infectious Diseases Space With Sanofi R&D Deal
Executive Summary
Evotec's CEO tells Scrip its pact with Sanofi to develop an infectious disease pipeline could offer a commercially viable approach to battling the global AMR crisis.
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