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Polyphor lands $15M up front in back-loaded China deal for balixafortide

Sep. 1, 2020

DUBLIN – Shares in Polyphor AG gained as much as 12% during early trading Aug. 31 on news of a deal in China for its lead drug, balixafortide, which is currently undergoing a phase III trial in HER2-negative locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer.

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