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May 1, 2019
ARVO 2019: Emerging Drug for RP Evaluated in Safety & Tolerability Study
Francois Paquet-Durand, PhD, chief scientific officer at the company Mireca, discusses an emerging drug for retinitis pigmentosa, and other inherited retinal diseases.
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Apr 30, 2019
REGENXBIO’s Gene Therapy for Wet AMD Performing Encouragingly in Human Study
Unlike current treatments requiring multiple injections, REGENXBIO’s gene therapy is administered as a one-time subretinal injection to the affected eye.
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Apr 29, 2019
ARVO 2019 Highlight: RP Patients in ReNeuron’s Cell Therapy Trial Show Further Vision Improvements
The latest ReNeuron results were presented at the sixth annual Retinal Cell and Gene Therapy Innovation Summit held on April 26 in Vancouver, Canada.
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Apr 16, 2019
First Patient Receives AON Therapy for LCA10 in ProQR’s Phase 2/3 Clinical Trial
The treatment, formerly known as QR-110, is designed for people with the retinal disease Leber congenital amaurosis 10
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Mar 23, 2019
First Gene Therapy for Dry AMD Moves into Clinical Trial in UK
Gyroscope Therapeutics, a gene-therapy development company in the UK, has launched the first gene therapy clinical trial for the dry form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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Mar 12, 2019
First Patient Receives ProQR’s Emerging USH2A Therapy in Clinical Trial
ProQR, a developer of RNA therapies in the Netherlands, announced that the first clinical-trial participant has received its emerging treatment, which targets retinitis pigmentosa and Usher syndrome caused by mutations in exon 13 of the USH2A gene.
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Feb 21, 2019
Encouraging Vision Improvements Reported in ReNeuron's Cell-Therapy Clinical Trial
ReNeuron, a cellular therapy developer in the UK, has reported vision improvements in the treated eyes of the first three retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients in the Phase II part of the Phase I/II clinical trial for its proprietary human retinal progenitor cells (hRPC). The Phase I portion of the trial, completed last year, primarily assessed safety in subjects with minimal remaining vision.
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Jan 29, 2019
The Foundation Receives a $100,000 Research Grant from Sofia Sees Hope
Sofia Sees Hope, a nonprofit dedicated to finding treatments and cures for people with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) and other inherited retinal diseases (IRDs), has made a $100,000 donation to the Foundation Fighting Blindness to support therapy development and genetic testing.
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Jan 17, 2019
Pixium's PRIMA Bionic Vision System Restores Central Vision in Dry AMD Clinical Trial
The French bioelectronics company Pixium Vision has reported that its PRIMA bionic vision system has restored some central vision in patients with advanced dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) participating in a clinical feasibility trial.
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Dec 21, 2018
Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC), a leading developer of gene therapies, has reported the six-month follow-up data in all patients treated with its gene therapy for X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS) in its Phase I/II clinical trial.