Article: Concurrent Pharma Takes Over Allergan's Retinoids For Equity.

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Acquiring the same development team that discovered the topical tazarotene known as Tazorac - though not rights to the acne drug itself - Concurrent Pharmaceuticals Inc. has bought a portfolio of near-clinical compounds from Allergan Inc.'s retinoid and rexinoid nuclear receptor drug program.

"I would call it a logical extension of our core activities," said Jeffrey Hatfield, recently appointed CEO of the Fort Washington, Pa.-based firm, which he described as a small-molecule biotechnology company focused on kinases, nuclear receptors and enzyme inhibitors.

Privately held Concurrent, which has a lead drug discovery program in ...

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