Biogen Shores Up Gene Therapy Ambitions With New Deal
Executive Summary
Biogen Inc. has furthered its gene therapy ambitions by entering into a broad alliance with the University of Pennsylvania that could see it paying out up to $2bn in research funding and other payments. Biogen has made a series of moves over the past couple of years to build up its gene therapy research.
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