Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has agreed a second deal with French firm Enterome SA, which focuses on developing drugs based on understanding the behavior of the human gut microbiome. Takeda will pay $50m up front to collaborate on developing and marketing EB8018, an orally active, gut-restricted small-molecule drug aimed at a novel target in Crohn's disease.
The deal helps Takeda expand its R&D pipeline in a franchise in which it is traditionally strong (sales of its...






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