Roche ties up again with As­cle­tis — this time on a com­mer­cial part­ner­ship for hep B drug

In the spring of 2013, Roche teamed up with a 2-year-old biotech to com­mer­cial­ize one of its he­pati­tis C drugs in Chi­na with­out mak­ing much of a rip­ple in the biotech news cy­cle. Five years lat­er, that young part­ner — As­cle­tis — has se­cured ap­proval in Chi­na for the drug and clinched a $400 mil­lion IPO in the Hong Kong stock ex­change, mak­ing his­to­ry in both re­gards.

On the heels of a launch for Gano­vo (danopre­vir), the Swiss phar­ma gi­ant is com­ing back for a sec­ond part­ner­ship.

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