AstraZeneca Will Establish Antibiotic Subsidiary With $40 Million
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The big pharma – one of the few still investing in antibiotic research – will create a stand-alone subsidiary to focus exclusively on early-stage antibiotic development.
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