
US retinal diseases focussed start-up Opus Genetics has acquired the rights to two pre-clinical-stage AAV-based gene therapy product candidates for inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) from Iveric Bio (Nasdaq: ISEE).
Opus, a spin-out company internally conceived and launched by the RD Fund to further the Foundation’s mission in August 2021, will develop the novel gene therapy candidates to address bestrophin-1 (BEST1)-related inherited retinal diseases and rhodopsin-mediated autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (RHO-adRP), respectively.
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