July 7, 2017 01:20 PM EDTUpdated 04:40 PM

Emmaus who? A biotech you never heard of just won an historic drug OK for sickle cell disease

After pursuing an R&D odyssey that stretched out more than 15 years, little Emmaus Life Sciences in Torrance, CA has just won an

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Em­maus who? A biotech you nev­er heard of just won an his­toric drug OK for sick­le cell dis­ease