Shire, Cincinnati Children’s partner to focus on rare disease research

Shire and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have created a three-year partnership to focus on developing therapies for rare diseases with unmet need, according to a Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News report.

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Shire will make an initial payment to the medical center, with additional opportunity to fund a number of research programs, according to the report.

The research partnership will be focused on rare disease in areas such as gastroenterology, nephrology and neurology.

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