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Nxera Licenses GPCR Program to European VC-Backed Startup
Nxera Pharma said on February 12 that it has struck a licensing agreement with a newly established company formed by a prominent European venture capital firm to out-license its G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)-targeted program. The name of the partner company…
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