Deal Watch: Infinity Scores With AbbVie Deal, AbbVie Tries New Angle With Calico
Executive Summary
Infinity gains street cred with AbbVie partnership on duvelisib, while AbbVie also branches out into aging disease by obtaining a stake in Google’s Calico; Palatin and Gedeon Richter pair up on female sexual dysfunction; and AstraZeneca finds an oncology discovery engine in Redx.
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