Date: 2017-07-24
Type of information: Collaboration agreement
Compound: intravitreal gene therapeutics using 4DMT-proprietary AAV vectors.
Company: 4D Molecular Therapeutics (USA - CA) the Foundation Fighting Blindness (USA - MD)
Therapeutic area: Rare diseases - Genetic diseases - Ophtalmological diseases
Type agreement: collaboration
Action mechanism: gene therapy
Disease: inherited retinal diseases
Details:
- • On July 24, 2017, 4D Molecular Therapeutics (4DMT), a leader in adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy vector discovery and product development, and the Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB), the world’s largest non-governmental source of research funding for inherited retinal degenerations (IRD) and dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), announced a partnership to develop intravitreal gene therapeutics for patients with these blinding conditions using 4DMT-proprietary AAV vectors.
- Under the terms of the agreement, 4DMT will provide access to its vector technology, development expertise and manufacturing capabilities while FFB will identify potential academic and business collaborators, provide drug development expertise and fund approved projects to develop transformative gene therapy products. 4DMT retains all patent and commercial rights to its 4DMT proprietary AAV vector variants. FFB and 4DMT will jointly review and approve all programs initiated within this collaboration.
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