Idera, Biocryst to merge, re­brand and fo­cus in rare dis­ease pro­grams

A few months af­ter Idera Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals $IDRA stirred up some pos­i­tive buzz at ES­MO with ear­ly stage da­ta on its TLR9 pro­gram, the biotech an­nounced plans to­day to merge with Re­search Tri­an­gle Park, NC-based Biocryst $BCRX.

While Idera has sev­er­al can­cer drug pro­grams in play, the two com­pa­nies are spot­light­ing the rare dis­ease ther­a­pies now in de­vel­op­ment, with 4 late-stage and mid-stage ef­forts un­der­way.

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