Acorda Buys Its Way Into A Parkinson's Franchise
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Having acquired Parkinson's candidate CVT-301 in the 2014 purchase of Civitas, Acorda sees Biotie's Phase III tozadenant as an ideal candidate to create a complementary Parkinson's disease franchise.
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