Roche boosts its gene ther­a­py game, ex­pand­ing part­ner­ship with 4D Mol­e­c­u­lar Ther­a­peu­tics

Join­ing the Big Phar­ma rush to pick up po­ten­tial­ly valu­able gene ther­a­py tech, Roche has ex­pand­ed its part­ner­ship with 4D Mol­e­c­u­lar Ther­a­peu­tics to work on a drug for night blind­ness, among oth­er oph­thal­mol­o­gy pro­grams.

Roche had first part­nered with the Emeryville, Cal­i­for­nia-based biotech back in 2016, when the duo was re­search­ing a small hand­ful of rare reti­nal dis­ease in­di­ca­tions. Now, it’s ex­pand­ed that com­mit­ment to take in oph­thal­mol­o­gy pro­grams that in­clude prospects for much larg­er mar­kets.

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