Deal Watch: Cancer Remains Hot Target At J.P. Morgan
Executive Summary
Bluebird licenses Inhibrx’s single-domain antibody technology for use in constructs for CAR-T therapy generation. Jazz pays $56m up front under an engineered exosome collaboration with Codiak.
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