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Pfizer and Sangamo enter gene therapy deal

by Ryan Cross
January 8, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 2

Drug giant Pfizer will partner with Sangamo Therapeutics to develop a gene therapy for the neurodegenerative disorders amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. The therapy will use a zinc finger protein to bind a region of mutant DNA implicated in familial versions of the diseases. When the zinc finger is present, a second protein attached to it shuts down expression of the disease-causing gene. Sangamo will receive $12 million up front and potential milestones of up to $150 million.

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