Plus, news about bluebird bio, Q32 Bio and Aquestive Therapeutics:
Edgewood Oncology’s $20M Series A:
The Brookline, MA-based biotech plans to use the money to
support
Phase 2a studies in acute myeloid leukemia and targeted breast cancer. It’s financed by Alta Partners.
— Kyle LaHucik
Nanoscope to seek FDA approval for eye gene therapy:
The Dallas-based biotech
said
its mutation-agnostic gene therapy MCO-010 passed a Phase 2b study in retinitis pigmentosa, significantly improving vision measured on an eye chart at one year at both the high and low doses compared to a sham control. It expects to submit an application for MCO-010 to the FDA in the second half of this year.
— Lei Lei Wu