Backing New Index Fund, GSK, J&J Buy Into Asset-Centric Vision Of Biotech Future
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Index Life VI is the first life-sciences-only fund for Index; GSK’s Moncef Slaoui and J&J’s Paul Stoffels are on scientific advisory board.
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