Neurophth and AAVnerGene Enter Strategic AAV Capsids Partnership for Next-Generation Ophthalmic Gene Therapy
(WorldNews Business)

WUHAN, China and NEWARK, DE., Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurophth Therapeutics, Inc., a subsidiary of Wuhan Neurophth Biotechnology Ltd. gene therapy company (hereafter Neurophth), and AAVnerGene Inc., a specializing AAV technology company, today announced a strategic partnership to provide Neurophth with worldwide rights to mutually select adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsids for the next generation ophthalmic gene therapy. AAVnerGene`s Tissue-specific, Highly-transductive and Expressive New AAVs (ATHENA) screening platform can efficiently select the best AAV vector for each cell type in a high-throughput (HTP) manner. Major challenges in AAV-based gene therapy are the transduction...