Spero Teams With Roche To Target Gram-Negative Pathogens
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Roche gets an option to acquire program addressing drug-resistant gram-negative infections when it reaches IND-filing status. Spero is working on a novel target found originally in infected tobacco plants.
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