Biogen Exercises Exclusive Worldwide Option to Develop & Commercialize Ionis’s BIIB067 (IONIS-SOD1RX) for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Shots:

• Ionis to receive $35M upfront, $55M as future milestones and royalties on net sales. Biogen to get worldwide development and commercialization rights and will be responsible for cost of further development and manufacturing
• The option to license is exercised, based on P-I study (N=70) of BIIB067 vs PBO, demonstrating lowering of SOD1 protein levels in CSF and proved to be safe and well-tolerated
• BIIB067 is an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) RNase H-mediated inhibitor of SOD1 Mrna, targeted to treat ALS with SOD1 mutations

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