Freeline To Present at the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy
Five abstracts accepted with new research and technology insights and data to further enhance AAV-based gene therapy candidates
LONDON, May 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freeline Therapeutics Holdings plc (Nasdaq: FRLN) (the “Company” or “Freeline”) today announced the upcoming presentation of five posters at the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) that will take place May 16-19, 2022 in Washington, D.C.
The presentations will provide new insights and data regarding key elements to further enhance the efficacy, safety, sustainability and predictability of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapy candidates to treat and potentially cure debilitating genetic disorders, including the following:
- the development of novel AAV capsid variants with enhanced transduction of liver cells and reduced immunogenicity;
- the improved assessment of host-cell derived DNA impurities encapsidated during AAV manufacturing;
- the development of standardized, high-throughput testing of patients for anti-AAV antibodies; and
- approaches to further improve and accelerate AAV vector manufacturing to commercial scale.
The abstracts of the five poster presentations were published on the ASGCT website today:
The poster presentations will be available on the following presentation at the ASGCT annual meeting.
About Freeline Therapeutics
Freeline is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing transformative adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector-mediated systemic gene therapies. The Company is dedicated to improving patient lives through innovative, one-time treatments that provide functional cures for inherited systemic debilitating diseases. Freeline uses its proprietary, rationally designed AAV vector, along with novel promoters and transgenes, to deliver a functional copy of a therapeutic gene into human liver cells, thereby expressing a persistent functional level of the missing or dysfunctional protein into the patient’s bloodstream. The Company’s integrated gene therapy platform includes in-house capabilities in research, clinical development and commercialization. The Company has clinical programs in hemophilia B, Fabry disease, and Gaucher disease Type 1. Freeline is headquartered in the UK and has operations in Germany and the US.
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