Shire Uses Foresight to Expand in Ophthalmology

Shire PLC has acquired privately held Foresight Biotherapeutics for $300m, gaining FST-100, a Phase III-ready drug in development for infectious conjunctivitis and a commercial complement to Shire's lifitegrast pending at FDA.

Shire PLC has acquired privately held Foresight Biotherapeutics for $300m, gaining FST-100, a Phase III-ready drug in development for infectious conjunctivitis and a commercial complement to Shire's lifitegrast pending at FDA.

Shire already has plans to expand the Phase III development of FST-100 beyond viral conjunctivitis to include the bacterial form...

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