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Roche has struck a deal with PureTech Health to develop oral antisense oligonucleotides. The pact gives Roche access to PureTech’s milk-derived exosome technology in return for up to $36 million (€31 million) in near-term payments and milestones that could top out above $1 billion.
PureTech licensed the exosome technology from 3P Biotechnologies last year to gain a way to orally deliver biologics, nucleic acids and complex small molecules. The exosomes are designed to encase drugs and protect them from the environment in...