Peanut Allergy Targeted By DBV Technologies As It Raises $55 Million In Second Euro Biotech IPO This Year
France's DBV Technologies lists on NYSE Euronext in Paris and targets peanut and other food allergies for the first clinical studies of its epicutaneous patches as allergy desensitization therapies.
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Companies dealing with commercial costings or contracts with the National Health Service for early phase clinical trials or trials of advanced therapy medicinal products should soon be able to conclude their negotiations more quickly.
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