The pipeline of Zealand Pharma AS of Denmark is advancing strongly towards a catalyst-filled 2020 that the biotech hopes bring it four US drug approvals and lead to subsequent commercial launches starting from 2021, its CEO told Scrip in an interview.
Zealand Pharma Preps Pipeline For Catalyst-Filled 2020
Biotech’s CEO Hopes For Four US approvals In 2020
Zealand Pharma’s recently installed CEO says it is building US operations to prepare for four potential approvals there in 2020, with commercial launches starting in 2021, its first ever.

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