Deals Of The Week: Academic Drug-Discovery Group’s Work Catching Industry’s Notice
Executive Summary
As academic labs fill gaps in discovery work once performed by biopharma companies, Roche is confident that a U.S. consortium of academic drug-discovery units will lead to broader partnerships between industry and academia and within the academy itself. Plus, MedImmune acquires ADC specialist Spirogen and other deals from the past week.
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