Gilead's ex-R&D chief Bischofberger heads back to the biotech giant to pick up a pair of late-stage drugs that had been put aside
Norbert Bischofberger knows entospletinib well.
Back during his long, blockbuster run as head of R&D at Gilead, researchers had once held some high hopes for this drug. But to make it work, he and the team felt it would need a new companion diagnostic to identify patients. There was talk of a combo approach to give it more punch. But the market was small, making them wonder if it would be worth going through a lengthy development cycle to get it through a pivotal.
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