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Axovant gets rights to Benitec's gene therapy BB-301

July 13, 2018 7:34 PM UTC

Axovant Sciences Ltd. (NASDAQ:AXON) broadened its gene therapy pipeline by obtaining exclusive, worldwide rights from Benitec Biopharma Ltd. (ASX:BLT; NASDAQ:BNTC) to BB-301. Axovant plans to start a placebo-controlled clinical trial next year of the gene therapy to treat oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD), a rare myopathy.

The partners also began a research collaboration to develop gene therapy products to treat neurological disorders...