Pfizer/Novartis Collaboration Brings Combined Strength To NASH Development
Executive Summary
Combination therapy is expected to prevail in NASH. Pfizer and Novartis, while trailing smaller companies, are studying their candidates together in hopes of hitting on a winning combo for the multi-factorial disease.
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