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Handshake with DNA, molecules

Kyowa acquiring gene therapy firm Orchard for up to $478M

Oct. 6, 2023
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Japanese specialty global pharma Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd. has agreed to buy out Orchard Therapeutics plc in a $387.4 million cash takeover that could jump $90 million to reach $477.6 million, contingent on the pending U.S. FDA approval of its EU-approved gene therapy, Libmeldy (atidarsagene autotemcel).
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Handshake with DNA, molecules

Kyowa acquiring gene therapy firm Orchard for up to $478M

Oct. 6, 2023
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Japanese specialty global pharma Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd. has agreed to buy out Orchard Therapeutics plc in a $387.4 million cash takeover that could jump $90 million to reach $477.6 million, contingent on the pending U.S. FDA approval of its EU-approved gene therapy, Libmeldy (atidarsagene autotemcel).
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DNA in drug capsules

NICE backs Orchard rare disease drug after further cut to $3.9M list price

Feb. 4, 2022
By Richard Staines
In one of its familiar U-turns, the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended NHS England should fund a rare disease gene therapy from Orchard Therapeutics plc, considered to be the world’s most expensive drug. The list price for Libmeldy (atidarsagene autotemcel) in England and Wales is £2,875,000 (US$3.9 million), making it the most expensive drug that NICE has ever evaluated.
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NICE rejects Orchard’s rare disease drug, but Zolgensma U-turn offers hope

July 9, 2021
By Richard Staines
NICE has said “no” to regular NHS funding for a rare disease gene therapy from Orchard Therapeutics Ltd. in draft guidance – although experience from Novartis AG’s pricey Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) for spinal muscular atrophy shows this could change. That’s because this week NICE published final guidance that recommends funding for Zolgensma, thought to be the world’s most expensive drug, after an initial rejection late last year.
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