EpilepsyGTx’s $33 million Series A to advance single dose gene therapy for focal refractory epilepsy
UK-based EpilepsyGTx, a biotech focused on research and development of gene therapies to treat refractory epilepsy, has raised $33 million in a Series A financing to advance its lead program EPY201 through Phase I/IIa trials.
The round included investment from XGEN Venture, the British Business Bank, and an unnamed global biopharma company.
This funding will enable the delivery of the first-in-human trials aimed at establishing the safety and efficacy of the company’s lead gene therapy program EPY201 in a broad population of patients with focal refractory epilepsy (FRE).
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