
UCB to buy Neurona for up to $1.15B to expand regenerative epilepsy therapy
UCB agreed to acquire Neurona Therapeutics for $650 million in cash plus up to $500 million in milestones, expanding into regenerative medicine with Neurona's NRTX-1001 neuronal cell therapy in phase I/II trials for drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, with closing expected by quarter's end.