Mavrix Bio has received IND clearance from the FDA for MVX-220, an investigational AAV gene therapy for the treatment of Angelman syndrome. The company expects to initiate its first-in-human study, ASCEND-AS, in the second half of this year.
Capsida Biotherapeutics Inc. has gained IND clearance from the FDA for CAP-002, its first-in-class, intravenously administered gene therapy for syntaxin-binding protein 1 developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (STXBP1-DEE). Dosing in the phase I/IIa SYNRGY trial will begin in the third quarter of this year.
UTR Therapeutics Inc. has submitted an IND application to the FDA for UTRxM1-18, a novel therapeutic approach for targeting c-MYC-driven cancers. Pending approval, a first-in-human phase I trial is slated to begin next year.
Nutshell Therapeutics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has received IND clearance from the FDA to initiate a phase I trial in the U.S. with NTS-071 for anticipated use in solid tumors with a p53 Y220C mutation. The trial is expected to begin in the second half of this year.
Unravel Biosciences Inc. has submitted clinical study applications in Colombia seeking to begin proof-of-concept clinical trials for RVL-001 for Rett syndrome and Pitt-Hopkins syndrome.
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Innorna Co. Ltd.’s investigational mRNA therapy, IN-013, has been awarded orphan drug and rare pediatric disease designations by the FDA for the treatment of Wilson disease.