Nanoscope Therapeutics to Present at the 4th Annual Gene Therapy for Ophthalmic Disorders Summit

Nanoscope Therapeutics to Present at the 4th Annual Gene Therapy for Ophthalmic Disorders Summit

DALLAS, TX (September 28, 2023) — Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing gene therapies for inherited retinal diseases, today announced that Dr. Sam Barone, Chief Medical Officer, will give a presentation on the clinical development of Nanoscope’s Multi-Characteristic Opsin (MCO) gene therapy platform at the 4th Annual Gene Therapy for Ophthalmic Disorders Summit taking place from October 3-5 in Boston, Massachusetts. Details for the presentation are as follows:

Title: Progressing Optogenetic Gene Therapies Through the Clinic

Session Title: Optogenetics & Mutation-Independent Vision Restoration in the Clinical Setting
Session Date: October 4, 2023
Session Time: 12:20 p.m. E.T.
Location: Hilton Boston Back Bay
Presenter: Sam Barone, M.D., Chief Medical Officer

During his presentation, Dr. Barone will introduce and highlight the benefits of Nanoscope’s proprietary MCO gene therapies for patients with inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs).  Additionally, Dr. Barone will discuss clinical data from RESTORE, a Ph2b multi-center, randomized controlled trial of lead asset MCO-010 in patients with advanced Retinitis. Pigmentosa.  Recent clinical progress from STARLIGHT, a Ph2 multi-center open-label trial of MCO-010 in patients with advanced Stargardt Macular Degeneration will also be presented. 

About Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc.
Nanoscope Therapeutics is developing gene-agnostic, sight-restoring optogenetic therapies for the millions of patients blinded by inherited retinal diseases, for which no cure exists. The company’s lead asset, MCO-010, recently reported topline results from the RESTORE Phase 2b multicenter, randomized, double-masked, sham-controlled clinical trial in the U.S. for retinitis pigmentosa (NCT04945772). The company has also recently completed their end-of-study visit for the Phase 2 STARLIGHT trial of MCO-010 therapy in Stargardt patients (NCT05417126). MCO-010 has received FDA fast track designations and FDA orphan drug designations for both retinitis pigmentosa and Stargardt. Preclinical assets include non-viral laser-delivered MCO-020 gene therapy for geographic atrophy.

Investor Contact:
Argot Partners
212-600-1902
[email protected]

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  • Dr. Samarendra Mohanty, PhD |  Co-Founder & President

    Samarendra Mohanty (Co-Founder/President) is an inventor & serial entrepreneur with 20+ years experience in Biomedical Sciences. He is Co-Founder of several Biotechs and Biomedical device /diagnostic companies (developed & commercialized $100K+ biomedical instruments.)

    Dr. Mohanty obtained M.Tech in Applied Optics from the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi and a PhD in (Bio)Physics from the Indian Institute of Sciences-Bangalore.

    His extensive Biomedical Technologies experience includes serving as Professor/Senior Scientist at the University of Texas;  University of California, Irvine; Center for Adv. Tech (India); Int. Mol. Biotech (Germany); Univ. Pavia (Italy); NUS (Singapore); and University of St. Andrews (UK). He has authored over 200 international patents and publications in leading journals including Nature and Nature Photonics.

    He is the Principal Investigator for major grants from the National Eye Institute including Audacious Goal Initiative and Bioengineering Research grants. He serves on the editorial board of journals and chairs an international conference on optogenetics. He is the winner of a 2019 Healthcare Heroes award (Fort Worth Business Press), Retinal Organoid Challenge Award, Audacious Goal Initiative Award (NIH), Finalist of Tech Titan, and NIH-Director’s Innovator Award.