Filings Soon As Biogen Snaps Up Ionis' Antisense Treatment
Executive Summary
Promising top-line Phase III data have prompted Biogen to exercise an option to develop and commercialize Ionis's novel antisense treatment nusinersen for infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy; filings are due shortly.
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