Michael Parini, Freeline Therapeutics CEO

Small UK biotech touts long-term da­ta for he­mo­phil­ia B gene ther­a­py as it at­tempts a come­back

As it con­tin­ues push­ing its he­mo­phil­ia B gene ther­a­py to­ward the FDA, small biotech Free­line Ther­a­peu­tics is hop­ing new long-term da­ta will boost its case.

A sin­gle shot of Free­line’s gene ther­a­py, called FLT180a, led to durable re­spons­es for at least two years, ac­cord­ing to re­searchers from Free­line and the Uni­ver­si­ty Col­lege Lon­don. Nine of 10 pa­tients, all adult men, main­tained their fac­tor IX ac­tiv­i­ty at a me­di­an fol­low-up of 27.2 months, with one pa­tient see­ing a re­sponse as far out as 42.4 months. Re­searchers pub­lished their find­ings in the New Eng­land Jour­nal of Med­i­cine.

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