The UK developer of gene therapies for inherited eye diseases has listed on NASDAQ, adding to its monetary resources for competing in what is becoming a competitive sector for drug development, and going some way to validating the approach of the UK healthcare investment firm, Syncona, to growing biotech companies.
Nightstar Therapeutics Ltd. has become the first life sciences company founded by UK healthcare investment company Syncona to be publicly listed, a milestone that gives some reassurance that Syncona's strategy of founding and supporting companies long-term is working for investors, and patients.
The London-based group was set up in 2013 by Syncona and Robert MacLaren, professor of ophthalmology at the University of...
Glenmark’s managing director talks about IGI’s billion dollar-plus deal with AbbVie, ISB-2001’s striking data, the BEAT platform, other "exciting" pipeline assets and the "blood, sweat and tears" to get to this stage.
IGI CEO Cyril Konto said in an interview that his company picked AbbVie for its agility, drug development acumen and expertise in areas like intellectual property and legal affairs.
CEO Rob Davis said the company is in pursuit of more deals as it looks to close the revenue gap looming from the loss of Keytruda in 2028.
