Pressure Mounts For Amylin As Bydureon PDUFA Approaches
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
With declining sales of Byetta, Amylin has staked its near-term future on the performance of Bydureon, a long-acting formulation of the active ingredient in Byetta.
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