Ascletis Gets Record Funding From China’s Hangzhou Development Zone For HIV/AIDs Drug Research
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Hangzhou National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone awarded U.S.-China hybrid Ascletis a $1.6 million grant to fund research for HIV/AIDs drugs, the highest amount paid to date by a program aimed at wooing top Chinese national research talent back home.
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