Roche Inks A Second Deal With PTC Therapeutics, Pays $30M Upfront
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The Big Pharma teams up with a biotech and a patient advocacy foundation to develop treatments for a rare genetic disorder.
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