Following the failure of Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corp.'s trabodenoson to move the needle in treating glaucoma, the company has found a new way forward: a proposed merger with New York-based gene therapy startup Rocket Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Led by former Novartis AG cell and gene therapies unit veteran Gaurav Shah, the combined company is developing a pipeline of gene therapies based on lentiviral virus and adeno-associated virus (AAV) platforms, with a focus on treating rare diseases. (See BioWorld, July 11, 2017.)