Corporate VCs Wade In With Funds To Pursue Gene Therapy For Wilson Disease
Executive Summary
Rare copper-overload disorder Wilson disease is seeing a surge of interest: one new copper chelator recently garnered a CHMP recommendation, a novel copper modulator has had promising Phase II data, and French biotech Vivet has secured significant funds to pursue a gene therapy approach to the disease.
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