Roche Collaborated with Avista to Develop AAV Gene Therapy Vectors for the Treatment of Ocular Diseases
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- Avista to receive $7.5M up front & will be eligible to receive an additional fee in the research phase, clinical and sales milestones along with royalties with a total deal value of ~$1B
- Roche gets the right to license novel capsids & will be responsible to conduct preclinical, clinical, and commercialization activities for gene therapy programs using novel capsids
- The collaboration will use Avista’s scAAVengr platform technology to develop IVT AAV capsids for retinal diseases with reduced immunogenicity. The technology uses a high-throughput technique & built-in quantitative validation of novel cell-specific AAVs, facilitating the quick development of gene therapies for clinical use
Ref: Bussinesswire | Image: Roche
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