Deals Of The Week: AstraZeneca/Regulus, Biogen Idec/Regulus, Pfizer/AstraZeneca, Elan/Neotope
Executive Summary
Next-wave patient-based research pioneer PatientsLikeMe struck an alliance with Merck to “evaluate the impact of psoriasis on patients and to inform a novel approach to improving outcomes.”
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