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Adverum, 4D Molecular Present Dueling Phase II Datasets In Wet AMD

 
• By Joseph Haas

The two biotechs each hope to offer an Eylea-sparing regimen to wet age-related macular degeneration patients with gene therapies that induce natural production of aflibercept.

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Adverum, 4D Molecular each hope to bring a gene therapy to market for wet AMD • Source: Shutterstock

Two San Francisco Bay-area biotechs – Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. and 4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc. – presented updated Phase II readouts on 17 July for their gene therapy candidates for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), with each company saying it plans to move its candidate into Phase III during 2025.

Key Takeaways

  • Competing biotechs Adverum and 4D Molecular Therapeutics reported Phase II data for their gene therapies that they hope will offer a treatment-burden reduction in wet AMD.

Presenting at the American Society of Retinal Specialists meeting in Stockholm, Adverum called its candidate ixoberogene soroparvovec (ixo-vec) potentially best-in-class...

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