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Otsuka to Buy Neurovance, Gets Its Hands on Non-Stimulant ADHD Med
Otsuka Pharmaceutical said on March 3 that it will acquire privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm Neurovance in a bid to broaden its CNS portfolio with the US biotech’s attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) candidate. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Neurovance, which was established as…
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