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Pharmaceuticals

Astellas buys into Frequency’s hearing-loss drug

by Lisa M. Jarvis
July 19, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 29

Astellas Pharma will pay Frequency Therapeutics $80 million up front for access to the hearing-loss treatment FX-322. Frequency’s combination of small-molecule drugs is injected into the middle ear, where it can induce regeneration of sensory receptors called hair cells. Astellas will lead development of FX-322 outside the US, while Frequency will be responsible for clinical studies in the US, where it plans to begin a Phase IIa trial late this year.

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