Forest Jumps Back Into Diabetes In Deal With TransTech For Glucokinase Activators
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Forest agreed to pay $50 million upfront for rights to several compounds in a novel class of drugs, including a lead drug that is Phase II-ready.
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