Second Collaboration With Boehringer Provides Extended Cash Runway For Vitae
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Previously partnered on a diabetes program, the two companies now will collaborate on a BACE inhibitor will potential as a disease-altering therapy in Alzheimer’s.
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