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Argenx CIDP Data Set To Attract Big Pharma Suitors

Pipeline-In-A-Product Vyvgart Sweeps Through Another Phase III

 
• By Kevin Grogan

The very positive Vyvgart ADHERE data in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, the recent approval for the subcutaneous version for generalized myasthenia gravis and the drug's already strong sales mean that Argenx will again be at the top of the M&A targets tree.

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argenx N.V.'s position as one of the crown jewels of the European biotech sector, and a rumored takeover target for big pharma, has been enhanced by positive late-stage data on its pipeline-in-a-product Vyvgart in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP).

The Belgian-Dutch group has unveiled topline results from the Phase III ADHERE study evaluating the subcutaneous version of the drug,...

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