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Pamela B. Davis has patents on gene therapy approaches to cystic fibrosis and other diseases that are currently licensed to Copernicus Therapeutics.

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Davis, P., Yasothan, U. & Kirkpatrick, P. Ivacaftor. Nat Rev Drug Discov 11, 349–350 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd3723

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