Isis Pharmaceuticals Earns $6 Million Payment from AstraZeneca

On June 6, 2013 Isis Pharmaceuticals reported that it has earned a $6 million payment from AstraZeneca related to continuation of the research collaboration between Isis and AstraZeneca to discover and develop novel antisense therapeutics to treat cancer (Press release Isis Pharmaceuticals, JUN 6, 2013, View Source;p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1827576&highlight= [SID:1234500201]). In addition to the research collaboration, which includes three cancer targets, Isis and AstraZeneca are developing two antisense drugs, ISIS-ARRx and ISIS-STAT3Rx, discovered by Isis and licensed to AstraZeneca for the treatment of cancer.

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