Nanoscope Therapeutics Receives Orphan Drug Designation for gene therapy of blindness
This is the second program based on Nanoscope's Multi-Characteristic Opsin Platform to receive orphan designation. This designation highlights the unmet need for therapy of patients with rare form of inherited macular degeneration.
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BEDFORD, Texas, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NANOSCOPE THERAPEUTICS Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company determined to change lives through the ocular gene therapy, today announced that it has received an Orphan drug designation from FDA for gene therapy-based treatment of Stargardt disease, a form of inherited retinal degenerative disease caused by gene mutation and passed on to children.