Deal Watch: Array Partners With Ono On Cancer Drugs In Japan, South Korea
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French biotechs Servier and ILTOO sign an option agreement for the latter's IL-2 inhibitor for lupus, while Korean biotechs LegoChem and Bridge will team up in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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