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GSK rare-disease unit goes to Orchard

by Michael McCoy
April 15, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 16

GlaxoSmithKline will exit the rare-disease field by transferring its business to Orchard Therapeutics. In exchange, GSK will get a 19.9% stake in Orchard. The portfolio being transferred includes Strimvelis, a gene therapy approved in Europe in 2016 to treat children with a rare immunodeficiency. GSK announced plans to exit the field last year as part of a narrowing of its R&D focus.

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