Catalent, Inc’s big response to the COVID-19 pandemic proved its undoing, with the contract development and manufacturing organization’s eventual acquisition now pending by client Novo Nordisk A/S. But the story of Catalent’s demise is no cautionary tale about responding to public health crises. Far from it.
COVID To GLP-1: Catalent Plants Ride With Novo To Next Public Health Crisis
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