Sol­id Bio is hit by an­oth­er set­back as ini­tial biop­sies spot­light a flop for Duchenne MD

Sol­id Bio­sciences has had an­oth­er set­back.

The biotech an­nounced this morn­ing that its dose-as­cend­ing Phase I/II study of its lead gene ther­a­py for Duchenne mus­cu­lar dy­s­tro­phy flopped, send­ing the com­pa­ny in­to over­drive to hus­tle a high­er dose in­to the clin­ic.

The com­pa­ny an­nounced Thurs­day morn­ing that a 3-month biop­sy of a hand­ful of pa­tients “showed low lev­els of mi­crody­s­trophin pro­tein ex­pres­sion.” In 2 of 3 pa­tients, pro­tein ex­pres­sion was un­de­tectable by west­ern blot analy­sis. In the third pa­tient the dy­s­trophin ex­pres­sion hit on­ly 5% by west­ern blot analy­sis, while an­a­lysts and the com­pa­ny were look­ing for 10% or bet­ter.

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