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DB-OTO is a gene therapy product candidate designed to provide durable restoration (selectively express functional OTOF in the inner hair cells) of hearing to individuals born with profound hearing loss due to mutation of the OTOF gene.
AK-OTOF is a dual adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector-based gene therapy intended to treat patients with OTOF-mediated hearing loss by delivering transgenes encoding OTOF to the inner hair cells (IHCs) of the cochlea.
SENS-401 (arazasetron), is an orally available small molecule that aims to protect and preserve inner ear tissue from damage responsible of progressive or sequelae hearing impairment.
Proposed acquisition will accelerate gene therapies that aim to restore, improve, and preserve hearing for patients living with disabling hearing loss worldwide including lead product, AK-OTOF, a treatment of hearing loss due to mutations in the otoferlin gene.
DB-OTO uses a proprietary, cell-selective promoter to express the otoferlin transgene in hair cells, with the goal of enabling the ear to transmit sound to the brain and provide hearing.
Forge will provide research-grade and GMP-Pathway plasmid manufacturing services as well as cGMP adeno-associated viral (AAV) process development and scale-up manufacturing services for Myrtelle’s program, Myr-201 (gene therapy delivery of a therapeutic TMPRSS3).
DB-OTO is being developed in collaboration with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and is an adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based dual-vector gene therapy designed to provide durable hearing to individuals with profound congenital hearing loss caused by mutations of the otoferlin gene.
AK-OTOF is a dual adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector-based gene therapy intended to treat patients with OTOF-mediated hearing loss by delivering transgenes encoding OTOF to the inner hair cells (IHCs) of the cochlea.
Proceeds will be used to advance Akouos’s lead program, AK-OTOF, to first-in-human clinical studies subject to IND filing and to establish the company’s in-house GMP manufacturing capabilities.