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Shionogi to Buy IntraBio for US$2 Billion, Gains Rare Disease Drug
Shionogi said on October 5 that it will acquire US biotech IntraBio for US$2 billion, gaining Aqneursa (levacetylleucine), an approved treatment for genetic neurodegenerative conditions, as it steps up its push into rare diseases. The Osaka drug maker will pay…
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