Deal Watch: Lilly Teams With Regor On Metabolic Disorders
Executive Summary
Chinese firm RareStone licenses Rhythm’s Imcivree in greater China and will help enroll label-expansion studies for the drug. Omeros sells ophthalmic surgery drug Omidria and its commercial team to Rayner Surgical Group.
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