Lysosomal Storage Disorders: Azafaros Takes Aim At Small Molecules
Executive Summary
BioGeneration Ventures has given birth to a new European biotech, Azafaros, supplying seed funding for the development of a new generation of compounds to tackle rare metabolic disorders.
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