Vivek Ra­maswamy ramps up biotech start­up #14 — this time work­ing on a gene ther­a­py for sick­le cell dis­ease and β-tha­lassemia

Vivek Ra­maswamy’s Roivant Sci­ences has nabbed its lat­est clin­i­cal-stage pro­gram for biotech start­up #14 — Aru­vant — and this time they’re go­ing up against a cou­ple of the lead­ers in the gene ther­a­py world.

Their new drug is now dubbed RVT-1801, and it has a fa­mil­iar pro­file, in­sert­ing a mod­i­fied fe­tal he­mo­glo­bin gene in­to au­tol­o­gous stem cells through a lentivi­ral ve­hi­cle in or­der to treat sick­le cell dis­ease and β-tha­lassemia.

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