HUIDAGENE THERAPEUTICS ANNOUNCES IND ACTIVE FOR THE MULTINATIONAL TRIAL OF HG004 TO TREAT INHERITED BLINDNESS
SHANGHAI and CLINTON, N.J., Jan. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HuidaGene Therapeutics (HuidaGene), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing CRISPR-based programmable genomic medicine, announces that the US.
- SHANGHAI and CLINTON, N.J., Jan. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HuidaGene Therapeutics (HuidaGene), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing CRISPR-based programmable genomic medicine, announces that the US.
- "We are thrilled to have received the IND clearance of our HG004 program from US FDA, marking our first IND clearance as a company and our first retinal disorder program to reach clinical development stage," said Xuan Yao, Ph.D., Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of HuidaGene.
- The goal of the HG004 program is to develop a one-time, non-AAV2 gene replacement therapy to restore, treat, and prevent blindness of children and adults with severe visual impairment or blindness due to RPE65 mutation-associated retinopathies globally."
- Investigational HG004 is a novel ophthalmic injection that is being developed to treat RPE65 retinopathies.