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AstraZeneca’s rare disease unit to acquire Pfizer’s early-stage gene therapies for $1bn

The transaction could potentially see staff associated with the portfolio move to Alexion

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Roche’s spinal muscular atrophy therapy recommended by CHMP for newborns

Evrysdi is already approved in the EU to treat SMA patients aged two months or older

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Roche partners with Alnylam on hypertension therapy in deal worth up to $2.8bn

Zilebesiran is in phase 2 development to treat hypertension in patients with high-unmet needs

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Roche’s Ocrevus shows promise as a subcutaneous injection in phase 3 MS trial

The therapy is already approved for certain MS patients as a twice-yearly intravenous infusion

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Roche’s fixed-duration lymphoma treatment approved by European Commission

Approximately 36,000 people are diagnosed with DLBCL each year in Europe

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LifeArc launches rare disease programme with £100m investment

An initial £40m will go towards the creation of up to five rare disease research centres

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Horizon shares positive results for Uplizna in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

The rare and debilitating disease affects approximately one to ten per 100,000 people

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NIHR and MRC establish UK Rare Disease Research Platform with £14m investment

The platform brings together expertise from across the UK rare disease research system

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Roche’s Evrysdi shows continued improvement in children with spinal muscular atrophy

The progressive neuromuscular disease affects approximately one in every 10,000 babies

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FDA approves UCB’s Rystiggo to treat generalised myasthenia gravis

The rare autoimmune disease has a global prevalence of 100 to 350 cases per every one million people

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Roche’s fixed-duration lymphoma treatment granted FDA accelerated approval

Globally around 160,000 people are diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma each year

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FDA approves Blueprint Medicines’ Ayvakit for indolent systemic mastocytosis

Ayvakit is now the first and only approved medicine designed to treat the underlying cause of the disease

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