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Shionogi Snaps Up Tetra after PII Alzheimer’s Study Completed
Shionogi is acquiring the entire stake in US partner Tetra Therapeutics after the Michigan biotech wrapped up a US PII study for its lead compound BPN14770 for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Under their merger agreement, Shionogi will make…
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