GSK’s Venture Deal With Avalon Yields Three Start-Ups In Two Years
Executive Summary
Silarus Therapeutics and Thyritope Biosciences are the latest two companies to be launched and financed by GlaxoSmithKline and partner Avalon Ventures. During Informa’s Pharmaceutical Strategy Conference, GSK’s Lon Cardon talked about how the partnership with Avalon is helping the Big Pharma access academic science.
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