LEIDEN, Netherlands, April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vico Therapeutics B.V., a clinical-stage genetic medicines company developing therapies for severe neurological diseases, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 1/2a clinical study evaluating VO659 for the treatment of Huntington's disease (HD), spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) and type 3 (SCA3). VO659 is an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) investigational therapy designed to target the CAG repeat expansion that causes all nine known polyglutamine diseases including HD, SCA1 and SCA3.
VICO Therapeutics, a Leiden Bio Science Park, the Netherlands, based biotech company focusing on the development of RNA modulating therapies for rare neurological disorders, today announced that the Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan-drug designation for VO659, VICO's investigational antisense oligonucleotide (AON) therapy, for the treatment of Huntington's disease (HD).Â
Vico Therapeutics, a Leiden, the Netherlands, based biotech company focusing on the development of RNA modulating therapies for rare neurological disorders, announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted orphan drug designation for VO659, Vico’s investigational antisense oligonucleotide therapy for the treatment of Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA). The orphan designation was based on a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP). Vico previously received orphan drug designation for VO659 in Huntington disease.
The European Commission (EC) has granted Vico Therapeutics with orphan drug designation for its investigational antisense oligonucleotide therapy (VO659) for the treatment of Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA)
LEIDEN, Netherlands, Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Vico Therapeutics, a Leiden, the Netherlands, based biotech company focusing on the development of RNA modulating therapies for rare neurological disorders, today announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted orphan drug designation for VO659, Vico's investigational antisense oligonucleotide therapy for the treatment of Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA). The orphan designation was based on a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP). Vico previously received orphan drug designation for VO659 in Huntington Disease.
LEIDEN, The Netherlands, Oct. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Vico Therapeutics, a Leiden, the Netherlands, based biotech company focusing on the development of RNA modulating therapies for rare neurological disorders, today announced the appointment of Rupert Sandbrink, M.D., Ph.D., as the company's chief medical officer and Anders Hinsby, Ph.D., as independent Director.
Netherlands-based biotech Vico Therapeutics has signed up biopharma veteran Rupert Sandbrink, M.D., Ph.D., as its new chief medical officer.