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Under the terms of collaboration agreement, VivaVision and Everads will jointly conduct pre-clinical research activities, in order to identify lead candidates for future clinical development and commercialization.
The partnership aims to apply Avista’s single-cell adeno-associated virus (AAV) engineering (scAAVengr) platform technology to develop intravitreal AAV capsids matching a capsid profile defined by Roche.
The two companies plan to conduct gene corrections in ocular tissues using mCureX's mRNA technology and ToolGen's TGT-101 & CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology for the treatment of rare hereditary eye diseases.
Codiak’s proprietary engEx Platform is designed to enable the development of engineered exosome therapeutics for a wide spectrum of diseases and to manufacture them reproducibly and at scale to pharmaceutical standards.
Proceeds from this financing will support the advancement of Kriya’s pipeline and continued scaling of its engineering, manufacturing, and computational platforms. Kriya has established an ecosystem for delivering best-in-class technologies and medicines in gene therapy.
As part of this collaboration, Intellia will grant SparingVision exclusive rights to Intellia’s proprietary in vivo CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing technology including SPVN50 for up to three ocular targets addressing diseases with significant unmet medical need.
Intergalactic’s non-viral gene therapy deploys two proprietary technologies: 1) C3DNA, covalently closed and circular DNA which relies on a cellfree manufacturing process; and 2) COMET, a clinically advanced, pulsed electric field focal gene therapy delivery system.
Under terms of the agreement, the collaboration between Ocular Therapeutix and Mosaic focuses on the discovery and development of novel complement inhibitors with extended duration of activity.
The partnership will focus on developing SemaThera’s promising new class of biologicals for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy and other ischemic retinal diseases.
Synedgen has developed a new class of glycopolymers with the ability to suppress inflammation, reduce infection, and improve healing at mucosal surfaces. The additional funding provides resources to optimize down-selection to a lead molecule to advance into animal studies.