Roche is to collaborate with Ascidian Therapeutics to discover and develop novel RNA exon editing therapeutics targeting neurological diseases, in a deal that could be worth up to $1.8bn.
Roche Adds Ascidian’s RNA-Writing To Its Neurology Push
A first big pharma partnership for Ascidian, headed up by ex-Biogen research head Michael Ehlers, as the Swiss firm expands its gene editing and neuroscience efforts.
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