Woodlands biopharmaceutical co. to merge with Boston-area startup

Acer Therapeutics, a 3-year-old biotech company developing drugs for ultra-rare diseases, said July 3 that it will go public through a reverse merger with a small Houston-area company. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Acer said it would merge with The Woodlands-based Opexa Therapeutics (Nasdaq: OPXA). Shares of the combined company — which will retain Acer’s name and Kendall Square headquarters — will be traded under the ticker “ACER.” Opexa laid off all but two of its 20 employees after…
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