Horama Joins Race To Develop Gene Therapies For Eye Diseases
Executive Summary
Initial VC and institutional funding from a French syndicate will support further drug development at Paris-based Horama, which aims to put two targeted gene therapies for hereditary retinitis pigmentosa in the clinic by 2018.
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