Biogen enlists under-the-radar AAV engineers as it pumps gene therapies into the pipeline
Biogen, facing a thin pipeline beyond their controversial lead Alzheimer’s candidate, has been loading up on gene therapy collaborations, hoping to find their next breakthrough from the emerging field.
To aid in that search, they have now enlisted a new company that just launched to take on one of the biggest technical challenges in gene therapy: Building vectors that can safely deliver healthy genes to the right tissues and cell types and only the right tissues and cell types.
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