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Rare Disease
Alexion gets rare-disease-focused Wilson
by Lisa M. Jarvis
April 15, 2018
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 96, Issue 16
Alexion Pharmaceuticals will pay roughly $855 million to acquire Wilson Therapeutics, a Swedish biotech firm focused on treatments for rare diseases. The move comes as Alexion tries to refill its pipeline and right its business in anticipation of a drop in sales of its rare-disease treatment Soliris. The centerpiece of the all-cash purchase is WTX101, a copper-binding agent in Phase III studies to treat Wilson disease, a rare genetic disorder marked by accumulation of copper in the liver, brain, and eyes.
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