Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Pipeline And Partnering Snapshot
Executive Summary
A full pipeline of symptomatic and disease-modifying treatments for Duchenne will transform a long dormant orphan market into a hotly contested commercial prize. But some issues, foremost the scarcity of trial patients, threaten to stall progress in the field.
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