Saturday, March 30, 2019

StrideBio and Takeda Enter Collaboration and License Agreement to Advance Novel Gene Therapies for Neurological Diseases

DURHAM, N.C., March 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — StrideBio, Inc, a leading developer of novel adeno-associated viral (AAV) based gene therapies, today announced the signing of a collaboration and license agreement with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda) to develop in vivo AAV based therapies for Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA) and two additional undisclosed targets. These programs aim to utilize novel AAV capsids developed by StrideBio to improve potency, evade neutralizing antibodies and enhance specific tropism to tissues including the central nervous system.