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UniQure Keeps Cutting Costs With 300 More Jobs To Go

 
• By Kevin Grogan

The company will cut 65% of its workforce to extend its cash runway and focus its resources on AMT-130 for Huntington's disease and three earlier-stage programs moving into Phase I/II studies.

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• Source: UniQure

No one could accuse uniQure N.V. of being flash with its cash and the Netherlands-based gene therapy specialist has announced another bout of restructuring designed to help progress its promising Huntington’s disease candidate.

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