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Gene Therapy

Sarepta Therapeutics acquires gene therapy firm Myonexus Therapeutics

by Ryan Cross
March 2, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 9

Sarepta Therapeutics, the firm that sells the muscular dystrophy drug eteplirsen, is solidifying its role in the gene-therapy field by acquiring the small start-up Myonexus Therapeutics for $165 million. Myonexus, a spin-off from Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, is developing gene therapies to treat five forms of a rare condition called limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. Sarepta licensed these therapies from Myonexus last May.

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