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Antisense, Immunomodulators Drive Progress In Huntington's Disease

 
• By John Davis

Impending clinical trial readouts will indicate whether pharmaceutical companies are on the right track to develop new investigational agents against the cause of the neurodegenerative disorder, Huntington's disease.

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Roche/Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Active Biotech AB/Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.are both due to report high-impacting clinical trial data in the coming months for drugs targeting the cause of Huntington's disease.

Roche and Ionis will published top-line Phase II data soon for potential antisense drug IONIS-HTTRx; meanwhile, Active Biotech and Teva will present Phase II data for Nerventra (laquinimod) in the...

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