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Roche and Ionis Collaborates to Develop Ionis's IONIS-FB-LRx to Treat Complement-Mediated Diseases for $760M

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Roche and Ionis Collaborates to Develop Ionis's IONIS-FB-LRx to Treat Complement-Mediated Diseases for $760M

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  • Ionis to get $75M upfront plus $684M as development- regulatory- sales milestones- license fees and to receive tiered royalties up to 20% on sales. Ionis will be responsible for conducting P-II trial for IONIS-FB-LRx in patients with Geographic Atrophy (GA)
  • Under the agreement- Roche has option to license IONIS-FB-LRx post trial completion and will hold global development and commercialization rights
  • IONIS-FB-LRx is an antisense drug used for reduction of Factor B(FB) in patients with GA and is developed by Ionis' LIgand Conjugated Antisense (LICA) technology

Ref: Ionis Pharma | Image: Roche 

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