Deals Of The Week: Isis Rethinks Its Partnering Strategy
Executive Summary
Capitalizing on the interest that partners are showing in its beefed-up antisense pipeline, Isis has reset its partnering strategy to maximize the value of each asset. In other developments, Ensemble snagged Novartis in a discovery collaboration and Amgen returned glucokinase activator AMG 151 to Array.
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