Then There Were Three...

First Novartis started their high throughput screening campaign, then Roche signed a licensing agreement for PTC Therapeutics' SMA programme and then at the start of 2012 another largish pharmaceutical company decided to tag along.


Biogen Idec and ISIS Pharmaceuticals announced a global collaboration on ISIS-SMNRx drug.

Under the terms of the agreement, Isis will receive an upfront payment of $29 million and is eligible to receive up to $45 million in milestone payments associated with the clinical development of ISIS-SMNRx prior to licensing.


Three large players are now competing to be the first to bring SMA treatment to the market.


Good news? We sure hope so!

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