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Amicus buys gene therapy firm Celenex

by Lisa M. Jarvis
September 21, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 38

 

Rare disease-focused Amicus Therapeutics is shelling out $100 million up front, and up to $350 million more in milestones, for the privately held gene therapy developer Celenex. The acquisition gives Amicus the rights to 10 gene therapy programs that were originally developed at the Center for Gene Therapy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University. The three most advanced gene therapies each address a subtype of a rare, deadly, inherited nervous system disorder called Batten disease. The deal marks Amicus’s entry into gene therapy.

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