Could Cash-Strapped Idorsia Really Go It Alone With Newly Approved Tryvio?

CEO Jean-Paul Clozel insists Idorsia could launch the first-in-class hypertension drug alone, but analysts think a deal will be done soon – with the only question being for how much.

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Idorsia is celebrating US approval of its first-in-class hypertension treatment Tryvio – but the cash-strapped company may well have to sell off the rights to the product in order to keep its debtors at bay.

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