Deals Of The Week: GSK’s Stealth Move To The Coasts
Executive Summary
The British pharma opens new innovation centers in San Diego and Cambridge, Mass., to connect with those academic, business and venture investment communities. Also, Roche and Biogen Idec make moves in neurodegenerative disease, Retrophin makes two deals for different forms of the same drug, and GSK makes the latest alliance in the cancer immunology arena.
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