AnGes To Withdraw, Refile HGF Gene Therapy In Japan

If finally fully approved in its first indication, the HGF gene therapy could become a first-in-class therapy for PAD - but only after years of challenges in clinical trials.

AnGes will once pull out Collategen from the Japanese market, and then refile for approval.
AnGes will pull Collategene from Japanese market then refile for approval • Source: Shutterstock

Japanese gene therapy venture AnGes, Inc. has decided to withdraw an application for the full approval in Japan of its hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) gene therapy Collategene (beperminogene perplasmid), for severe peripheral vascular disease (PVD).

The product obtained Japanese conditional approval in 2019 and had been filed for full approval in 2023

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