Under terms of the deal, Stoke will spearhead global development of zorevunersen, while Biogen will receive exclusive rights to commercialize the treatment outside of North America.

Biogen and Stoke Therapeutics have announced a partnership aimed at advancing a disease-modifying treatment for Dravet syndrome, with the deal worth $550m.

Stoke Therapeutics Inc. and Biogen Inc. said Tuesday they are entering a collaboration to develop and commercialize a treatment for Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy that starts in childhood.

Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB) and Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STOK) collaborated to develop and commercialize zorevunersen for Dravet syndrome in all territories outside the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

From my colleague Adam Feuerstein: Biogen and Stoke Therapeutics have signed a partnership agreement to co-develop and sell Stoke’s experimental treatment for Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy, outside the U.S., the companies said this morning.

Biogen has entered a collaboration with Stoke Therapeutics to develop and and commercialise zorevunersen to treat Dravet syndrome in all territories outside Canada, Mexico and the US. Dravet syndrome is a genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathy characterised by cognitive and behavioural impairments and recurrent seizures.

Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) and Stoke Therapeutics (NASDAQ:STOK) said on Tuesday they are collaborating to develop and commercialize zorevunersen, an investigational treatment for Dravet syndrome, in territories outside the United States,

Biogen and Stoke Therapeutics have signed a deal to co-develop and sell Stoke’s experimental drug for Dravet syndrome, outside the U.S.

Stoke Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: STOK) has pulled in Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB) to help it develop and commercialize a treatment it’s working on for Dravet syndrome, a rare, debilitating form of epilepsy that affects children.