Nanoscope Therapeutics Announces Presentation at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s 21st Annual Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration Meeting

Nanoscope Therapeutics Announces Presentation at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s 21st Annual Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration Meeting

DALLAS, February 1, 2024 — Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing gene therapies for inherited retinal diseases and age-related macular degenerations (AMD), today announced a presentation at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration 2024 Event taking place virtually on Saturday, February 3rd, Details for the presentation are as follows:

Session Title: Emerging Therapies for Non-Exudative AMD
Title: Optogenetics for Restoring Vision in Geographic Atrophy Secondary to Advanced AMD
Session Date: February 3, 2024
Session Time: 11:30 AM, EST
Location: Virtual
Presenter: Allen C. Ho, MD

During his presentation, Dr. Ho will showcase preclinical results suggesting geographic atrophy from advanced AMD may be amenable to treatment with non-viral, laser-targeted multi-characteristic opsin (MCO) optogenetic therapy, and the potential for clinical translation of Nanoscope’s MCO-020.

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 the Phase 2 STARLIGHT trial of MCO-010 therapy in patients with Stargardt disease (NCT05417126). MCO-010 has received FDA fast track designations and FDA orphan drug designations for both retinitis pigmentosa and Stargardt disease. Preclinical assets include non-viral laser-delivered MCO-020 gene therapy for geographic atrophy.

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

Website: www.nanostherapeutics.com

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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.