Can Isis Remain A Platform Company?
Executive Summary
With a bulging pipeline, piles of cash, and Big Pharma partners knocking on its doors, Isis believes it is under no pressure to sell its own products. But several factors – including outside pressures and issues intrinsic to Isis’ platform model – are coming into play that may hasten its evolution into an integrated biopharma. And for the first time, Isis management appears open to the possibility.
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