Deals Of The Week: Valeant/Afexa, Merck/ZymeWorks, Adimab/Novo Nordisk/Biogen Idec
Executive Summary
Each week, “The Pink Sheet” presents commentary on some of the week’s most interesting business deals, contributed by the editors of the IN VIVO blog. Visit the blog at http://invivoblog.blogspot.com.
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