SparingVision Raises €44.5m For Mutation-Agnostic Eye Gene Therapy
French Biotech Tackling Retinitis Pigmentosa
Executive Summary
A long-term, patient-centric group of investors is backing SparingVision's bid to develop a gene therapy treatment for retinitis pigmentosa that could be effective regardless of mutation.
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