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Deal Watch: NewAmsterdam To Take On Amgen’s Stalled CETP Inhibitor
New company licenses obicetrapib from Amgen after previous companies’ setbacks in CETP class and works with FDA on a Phase III protocol. BMS buys protein-engineering specialist Forbius.

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