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Bayer Pays Arvinas $50m To Form Protein Degrader R&D Pact

 
• By Scrip Team

The partnership gives the German major another potential source of drugs to treat cardiovascular, oncological and gynecological diseases.

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Bayer adds another development partner to its R&D efforts • Source: Shutterstock

Bayer AG is moving into the development of protein degraders through a deal with Arvinas Inc. worth $50m upfront.

The potential for bifunctional small molecules to use cellular machinery to eliminate disease-causing proteins has attracted considerable interest, in large...

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