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In other news, Roche hosted a Pharma Day event where it touted the $850 million acquisition of a portfolio of CDK inhibitors from Regor Pharmaceuticals and projected $3.6 billion in annual sales from three Carmot Therapeutics-acquired obesity and diabetes drug candidates. For those companies not bringing in billions of dollars, royalty financing provides an attractive option. And news editor Greg Slabodkin gives a preview of the upcoming Meeting on the Mesa.
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