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BridgeBio licenses compounds from NeuroVive and launches Fortify Therapeutics

by Ryan Cross
June 24, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 26

Genetic disease company BridgeBio Pharma has launched a subsidiary called Fortify Therapeutics with an initial $20 million in funds and about $40 million more in potential future payments. Fortify will develop a set of succinate prodrug compounds that BridgeBio licensed from NeuroVive to treat a vision loss disease called Leber hereditary optic neuropathy. Fortify is the third subsidiary that BridgeBio has announced in just over a week.

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