Weekly Roundup: March 8, 2019
Mar 08, 2019•8 min
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Episode description
This week, the P4A team discuss the spate of mergers and acquisitions involving Big Pharma companies in the gene therapy space. Particularly, we looked at the deals behind Roche's acquisition of Spark Therapeutics and Biogen's buyout of Nightstar. Also, Vertex's continued struggle to get its cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi reimbursed in the UK.
Presenter: Joanna Fernandes
Contributor and Producer: Aparna Krishnan
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