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Gene Therapy

Taysha launches with $30 million and 15 gene therapy programs

by Ryan Cross
May 2, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 17

 

Taysha Gene Therapies made a bold debut with $30 million in seed financing and a pipeline of 15 preclinical gene therapies for diseases of the central nervous system. The Dallas-based start-up will rely on the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s gene therapy program—led by Steven Gray and Berge Minassian—for drug discovery, preclinical research, and clinical manufacturing of adeno-associated virus-based gene therapies. Sean Nolan, former CEO of AveXis, which makes the gene therapy Zolgensma, leads Taysha’s board of directors.

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