NICE has recommended the NHS should fund Novartis’ Luxturna for a rare eye disorder, after the company agreed a discount from the list price of more than £613,000 per patient.
Kyowa Kirin has bought back rights outside of cancer to tivozanib, amending an agreement dating back to 2006 with AVEO, and opening up the possibility of research in ophthalmology.
UK biotech Oxford Biomedica and Japan’s Santen have begun an option and licence agreement to research and develop gene therapy products for an inherited retinal disease.
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