Deals Of The Week: New Remedies Sought From Nature And Old Technologies
Executive Summary
Sanofi links with researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Gesellschaft in the search for new antibiotics while a European joint venture called Hit Discovery Constance GmbH is set up to conduct high-throughput screening for biotech and academic partners. Also, Moderna Therapeutics bags another major partner, GSK exits its DMD deal with Prosensa, and more.
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