Deals In Depth: April 2019
Executive Summary
Alnylam and Regeneron will work on RNAi therapies for ocular, CNS, and liver disease indications in a $1.15bn alliance. Novartis paid $310m up front for IFM Tre, which focuses on abnormal NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Biopharma financing was down in April compared with the previous month, but device funding increased.
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