Otsuka Adds To CNS Pipeline With Mindset Acquisition
Collaborating Since 2022
Executive Summary
After a year of R&D collaboration, Otsuka has made a decision to acquire Canadian venture Mindset to further expand its neurological pipeline with new 5-HT2A agonists.
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