Former Spark Therapeutics head of ophthalmic medical affairs, responsible for the development and approval of Luxturna™, to lead development of SparingVision's proprietary asset, SPVN06, and further pipeline development
Paris, February 04, 2021 – SparingVision (the "Company"), a genomic medicine company developing vision saving treatments for ocular diseases, today announces the appointment of Dr Daniel C. Chung as Chief Medical Officer ("CMO"). Dr Chung brings a wealth of experience in successful ocular gene therapy development, having led the global medical strategy for ophthalmology at Spark Therapeutics ("Spark"), a leading rare disease gene therapy company, where he played a pivotal role in the clinical development and approval of Luxturna™, the first gene therapy to be approved in the US for a genetic disease. Spark was acquired by Roche in 2019 for $4.3 billion.