Deal Watch: Sanofi Begins 2017 By Ending Vaccine JV, Completing Swap With Boehringer
Executive Summary
At year's end the French pharma also announced a restructuring of its broad diabetes collaboration with South Korea’s Hanmi. In a deal involving two other French companies, OSE out-licensed global development and commercial rights to an IL-7 antagonist to Servier.
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