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Biogen Completes $800M Nightstar Acquisition

Gains two mid- to late-stage clinical assets and preclinical programs in ophthalmology

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By: Kristin Brooks

Managing Editor, Contract Pharma

Biogen has completed its acquisition of Nightstar Therapeutics, a gene therapy company focused on adeno-associated virus (AAV) treatments for inherited retinal disorders, in a transaction valued at approximately $800 million.   With the acquisition, Biogen has added two mid- to late-stage clinical assets, as well as preclinical programs, in ophthalmology. NST’s lead asset is NSR-REP1 for the treatment of choroideremia (CHM), a rare, degenerative, X-linked inherited retinal disorder, which lead...

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