Deal Watch: Astellas/Cytokinetics Extend Partnership, Make Progress On SMA Candidate
Executive Summary
The two firms hope improvement in the six-minute walk test might be accepted by the US FDA as registrational endpoint for reldesemtiv in spinal muscular atrophy. Blackstone acquires Clarus, while Merck licenses TriNKETs from Dragonfly.
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