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Acucela, Strengthening Ties With Otsuka, Gets Right to Develop New Drug

September 27, 2010
Little biotech companies usually discover new drugs, and hand them off for development to a Big Pharma company with cash and expertise in running clinical trials. But one of the Seattle area’s little biotech companies, Acucela, is doing the exact opposite, and doing it in a profitable way.
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