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Astellas to acquire eye-focused gene therapy firm Quethera

by Michael McCoy
August 17, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 33

 

Astellas Pharma will spend up to $108 million to acquire Quethera, a British gene therapy developer founded in 2015 based on the research of a University of Cambridge professor. Quethera is using recombinant adeno-associated viral vectors to introduce therapeutic genes into retinal cells for the treatment of glaucoma. Its lead candidate has yet to enter clinical trials.

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