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Gene Therapy

Roche pays $1.15 billion for Sarepta gene therapy

by Ryan Cross
January 3, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 1

Roche is expanding its reach in gene therapy with a $1.15 billion deal to commercialize outside the US a Sarepta Therapeutics gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In December, Roche completed its delayed $4.8 billion acquisition of Spark Therapeutics, a gene therapy firm focused on eye and blood diseases. Sarepta’s therapy, which uses a virus to deliver a microdystrophin gene, originally came from Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The firm is recruiting for a Phase II clinical trial.

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