UPDATE: GSK and Avalon commit $495m to startups

GlaxoSmithKline will invest as much as $465 million to fund and potentially acquire 10 biotechnology startups founded by Avalon Ventures, which will give the venture capital firm up to a 13x return on its $30 million invested in the collaboration to back early-stage discovery platforms and drug candidates.

GlaxoSmithKline will invest as much as $465 million to fund and potentially acquire 10 biotechnology startups founded by Avalon Ventures, which will give the venture capital firm up to a 13x return on its $30 million invested in the collaboration to back early-stage discovery platforms and drug candidates.

The agreement gets GSK closer to assets it wouldn't be able to access otherwise and takes some of the financial...

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