uniQure hands Chiesi European Glybera marketing rights
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
After doing all the hard work, gene therapy developer uniQure has signed collaboration agreements with Chiesi Famaceutici for the commercialization of Glybera (alipogene tiparvovec), the first gene therapy to receive regulatory approval in Europe (scripintelligence.com, 2 November 2012), as well as the co-development of a gene therapy for hemophilia B.
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