Orchard Therapeutics PLC -- ADR (NASDAQ: ORTX) -- Phase 2 data for OTL-200 in metachromatic
leukodystrophyOrchard Therapeutics announced results from an integrated data analysis of OTL-200, a gene therapy in development for the treatment of metachromatic
leukodystrophy at the San Raffaele-Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy.
The oral presentations will highlight data from the company's neurometabolic portfolio, including investigational candidates OTL-203 for mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS-I) and OTL-200 for metachromatic
leukodystrophy (MLD).
Ollie passed away last December after a two-year battle with
leukodystrophy, a rare genetic disease, also shared by his six-year-old sister Laillah.
Alfie, of Longlands, died peacefully in his mam Debbie's arms on June 13, having battled the rare neurological condition Alexander's
Leukodystrophy since he was a toddler.
Dougie was devastated when his six-month-old grandson Tyler McQueen, of Dumfries, passed away on January 7 - just weeks after the tot was diagnosed with rare brain disease
Leukodystrophy.
As a result, two known mutations (c.114C>T; p.Arg372Trp and c.418dupC; p.His140Profs36*) were identified in the ARSA gene that led to metachromatic
leukodystrophy (MLD) with combined heterozygosity.
Les Martin's world was turned upside down when Cathal, five, and three-yearold Ciaran were diagnosed with metachromatic
leukodystrophy - an illness for which there is no cure.
The company plans to enroll 12 patients in the ongoing Phase 2 study in inherited metabolic disorders, which include cALD, Hurler syndrome, metachromatic
leukodystrophy and globoid cell
leukodystrophy.
The firm plans to enrol 12 patients in the ongoing Phase two study of inherited metabolic disorders including cALD, Hurler syndrome, metachromatic
leukodystrophy and globoid cell
leukodystrophy.
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