On The Cusp: UK Biotech Verona Pharma Awaits Potential Blockbuster
Executive Summary
Verona Pharma’s Phase III ensifentrine, if approved, would be the first new dual-mechanism treatment class for COPD patients in decades. It could propel the UK-based biotech toward profitability, or into the arms of a larger partner.
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