Beta/Islet Cell Regeneration Leads Diabetes Deal-Making This Decade
Executive Summary
A review of deal-making in the diabetes space since 2010 finds deals around technology to regenerate pancreatic beta cells and/or islet cells as the hottest mechanism of action. Thirteen deals in this area out-number the combined deals involving the DPP-4, SGLT-2 and GLP-1 mechanisms during that period.
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