Former GSK execs get $3.2M for research on a possible diabetes drug

A small Research Triangle Park company seeking to find next-generation drugs, received two federal grants totaling $3.2 million, an amount that will nearly triple the total the company has raised to date. NovaTarg – owned and led by former GlaxoSmithKline executives – will use the money to continue research on potential drug candidates for polycystic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes during this coming year. Diabetes is a potentially huge market, with some analysts estimating that even just…
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