AGTC Moves Past Biogen With Ophthalmic Gene Therapy
Executive Summary
AGTC hopes to gain the first approval in X-linked retinitis pigmentosa for its gene therapy AGTC-501, now in a Phase II/III study. It also is advancing development in achromatopsia, another unmet medical need.
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