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March 1, 2019 05:01 AM EST
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Ea­ger to think big­ger than Chi­na, As­cle­tis woos top Mer­ck ex­ec to run R&D

Amber Tong

Hav­ing paved the way in de­vel­op­ing and com­mer­cial­iz­ing Chi­na’s first home-cul­ti­vat­ed he­pati­tis C drug — with some help from a multi­na­tion­al phar­ma part­ner — As­cle­tis has now …

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