Isis Pharma Receives $6M from AstraZeneca

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PBR reports that US-based novel drug developer Isis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ISIS) has received a payment of $6m from AstraZeneca (LSE:AZN) to continue their contract research agreement to discover and develop new antisense therapeutics to treat cancer.

PBR reports that US-based novel drug developer Isis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ISIS) has received a payment of $6m from AstraZeneca (LSE:AZN) to continue their contract research agreement to discover and develop new antisense therapeutics to treat cancer.

As quoted in the market news:

Commenting on the research partnership, Isis Pharmaceuticals chief operating officer Lynne Parshall said, “Our oncology franchise consists of five antisense drugs in development to treat patients with a variety of cancers.”

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