Roche’s Phase III of tominersen in Huntington's disease has been stopped after an independent interim review, but with no new or emerging safety signals reported, analysts presume efficacy was the problem.

Having spectacularly failed even to match Sarepta’s Exondys 51 in the restoration of dystrophin in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients, Wave's future is dependent on soon-to-be published data on a Huntington’s disease therapy.

After backing off of MRK-7110 for hospitalized patients the company’s focus is on the oral antiviral molnupiravir for outpatients – which would be a huge win, but the drug has yet to fully prove itself in the clinic.