Orchard Therapeutics Announces Multiple Presentations at 2022 SSIEM Annual Symposium Highlighting Neurometabolic Disease Portfolio

BOSTON and LONDON, Aug. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orchard Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ORTX), a global gene therapy leader, today announced seven presentations from across its neurometabolic portfolio will be featured at the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (SSIEM) Annual Symposium, taking place from August 30 to September 2, 2022, in Freiburg, Germany.

Featured presentations include an oral presentation on Libmeldy^® (atidarsagene autotemcel) from clinical development through approval by the European Commission and treatment of the first patients in a commercial setting in Europe, several accepted abstracts highlighting newborn screening efforts to support the timely and accurate diagnosis of metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), as well as an encore clinical data presentation from the company’s investigational hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy OTL-203 for MPS-IH.

The oral presentation details are as follows:

• Title: LC-MSMS sulfatides measurement in dried blood spots for the diagnosis of metachromatic leukodystrophy
  
  Date/Time: Wednesday, August 31 at 3:30 p.m. CEST
  
  Type: Parallel Session 2A
  
  Session: Mechanisms and Markers in Lysosomal Disorders
  
  Lead Author: Dr. Magali Pettazzoni
  
  Abstract #: 2378

• Title: From academic clinical development to an approved commercial drug administered in multiple highly specialised centres: arsa-cel, a lentiviral haematopoietic stem-cell gene therapy for early-onset metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD)
  
  Date/Time: Thursday, September 1 at 12:15 p.m. CEST
  
  Type: Parallel Session 3A
  
  Session: Gene Therapy Clinical Trials
  
  Lead Author: Dr. Francesca Fumagalli
  
  Abstract #: 2118

• Title: Hematopoietic stem & progenitor cell gene therapy for Hurler syndrome: interim clinical results and extensive metabolic correction
  
  Date/Time: Thursday, September 1 at 2:30 p.m. CEST
  
  Type: Parallel Session 3A
  
  Session: Gene Therapy Clinical Trials
  
  Lead Author: Dr. Francesca Tucci
  
  Abstract #: 2040

The poster presentation details are as follows:

• Title: Blood spot hexadecanoyl sulphatide concentration in metachromatic leukodystrophy and age-matched, ARSA pseudodeficiency, and unaffected controls
  
  Lead Author: Dr. Heather Brown
  
  Abstract #: 2810

• Title: Quantification of hexadecanoylsulphatide in dried blood spots using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
  
  Lead Author: Dr. Heather Brown
  
  Abstract #: 2885

• Title: Newborn Screening for Metachromatic leukodystrophy in Germany - A prospective Study
  
  Lead Author: Dr. Berthold Streubel
  
  Abstract #: 2776

• Title: Pilot program MLD screening of high-risk population
  
  Lead Author: Dr. Berthold Streubel
  
  Abstract #: 2929

About Libmeldy / OTL-200

Libmeldy (atidarsagene autotemcel), also known as OTL-200, has been approved by the European Commission for the treatment of MLD in eligible early-onset patients characterized by biallelic mutations in the ARSA gene leading to a reduction of the ARSA enzymatic activity in children with i) late infantile or early juvenile forms, without clinical manifestations of the disease, or ii) the early juvenile form, with early clinical manifestations of the disease, who still have the ability to walk independently and before the onset of cognitive decline. Libmeldy is the first therapy approved for eligible patients with early-onset MLD.

The most common adverse reaction attributed to treatment with Libmeldy was the occurrence of anti-ARSA antibodies. In addition to the risks associated with the gene therapy, treatment with Libmeldy is preceded by other medical interventions, namely bone marrow harvest or peripheral blood mobilization and apheresis, followed by myeloablative conditioning, which carry their own risks. During the clinical studies of Libmeldy, the safety profiles of these interventions were consistent with their known safety and tolerability.

For more information about Libmeldy, please see the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) available on the EMA website.

Libmeldy is approved in the European Union, UK, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. OTL-200 is an investigational therapy in the U.S.

Libmeldy was developed in partnership with the San Raffaele-Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget) in Milan, Italy.

About Orchard Therapeutics

At Orchard Therapeutics, our vision is to end the devastation caused by genetic and other severe diseases. We aim to do this by discovering, developing and commercializing new treatments that tap into the curative potential of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy. In this approach, a patient’s own blood stem cells are genetically modified outside of the body and then reinserted, with the goal of correcting the underlying cause of disease in a single treatment.

In 2018, the company acquired GSK’s rare disease gene therapy portfolio, which originated from a pioneering collaboration between GSK and the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy in Milan, Italy. Today, Orchard is advancing a pipeline spanning pre-clinical, clinical and commercial stage HSC gene therapies designed to address serious diseases where the burden is immense for patients, families and society and current treatment options are limited or do not exist.

Orchard has its global headquarters in London and U.S. headquarters in Boston. For more information, please visit , and follow us on  and .

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