October 7, 2019 09:04 AM EDTUpdated 09:30 AM

Pfizer fronts $250M to nab antisense drug from Akcea/Ionis in up to $1.5B deal

Natalie Grover

Reporter

Earlier this year, Pfizer secured early approval of its touted blockbuster — tafamidis — for transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis, a field initially divided between Alnylam and Akcea/Ionis. Now …

Sign up to read this article for free.

Get free access to a limited number of articles, plus choose newsletters to get straight to your inbox.

BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER

Pfizer fronts $250M to nab antisense drug from Akcea/Ionis in up to $1.5B deal

Natalie Grover

Reporter

Sign up to read this article for free.

Among pharma CEOs, the IRA now and the IRA later get very different reactions

Bristol Myers restarts radiopharmaceutical Phase 3 trial, but delays readout by one year

Updated: With cost-cutting underway, Bristol Myers raises guidance, touts Phase 3 win and scraps another

Andrew Left, short seller who campaigned against Valeant, is accused of fraud by SEC

European drug regulator rejects Alzheimer's drug Leqembi, citing safety concerns

Critical Junctures in Gene Therapy Clinical Material Manufacturing: Where Do I Start? And Will It Work?

Pfiz­er fronts $250M to nab an­ti­sense drug from Akcea/Io­n­is in up to $1.5B deal

Natalie Grover

Reporter

Sign up to read this article for free.

Among phar­ma CEOs, the IRA now and the IRA lat­er get very dif­fer­ent re­ac­tions

Bris­tol My­ers restarts ra­dio­phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal Phase 3 tri­al, but de­lays read­out by one year

Up­dat­ed: With cost-cut­ting un­der­way, Bris­tol My­ers rais­es guid­ance, touts Phase 3 win and scraps an­oth­er

An­drew Left, short sell­er who cam­paigned against Valeant, is ac­cused of fraud by SEC

Eu­ro­pean drug reg­u­la­tor re­jects Alzheimer's drug Leqem­bi, cit­ing safe­ty con­cerns

Crit­i­cal Junc­tures in Gene Ther­a­py Clin­i­cal Ma­te­r­i­al Man­u­fac­tur­ing: Where Do I Start? And Will It Work?

Pfizer fronts $250M to nab antisense drug from Akcea/Ionis in up to $1.5B deal

Among pharma CEOs, the IRA now and the IRA later get very different reactions

Bristol Myers restarts radiopharmaceutical Phase 3 trial, but delays readout by one year

Updated: With cost-cutting underway, Bristol Myers raises guidance, touts Phase 3 win and scraps another

Andrew Left, short seller who campaigned against Valeant, is accused of fraud by SEC

European drug regulator rejects Alzheimer's drug Leqembi, citing safety concerns

Critical Junctures in Gene Therapy Clinical Material Manufacturing: Where Do I Start? And Will It Work?