Nanoscope Therapeutics to Present at the World Orphan Drug Congress 2024

Nanoscope Therapeutics to Present at the World Orphan Drug Congress 2024

DALLAS, April 17, 2024  — Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc., a late-stage clinical biotechnology company developing gene therapies for inherited retinal diseases and age-related macular degenerations (AMD), today announced that Sulagna Bhattacharya, Chief Executive Officer and Samarendra Mohanty, PhD, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Nanoscope Therapeutics, will present and participate in a panel discussion at the World Orphan Drug Congress 2024, taking place from April 23-25, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. Details for the presentations are as follows:

Title: Revolutionizing vision restoration: Mutation-independent optogenetic therapy for inherited retinal diseases
Session Title:  Pitch and Partner
Session Date: Tuesday April 23rd
Session Time: 3:00 pm. EST, Hall C, Theatre 4
Presenter: Sulagna Bhattacharya, Chief Executive Officer

Ms. Bhattacharya will cover the development and application of Nanoscope’s Multi-Characteristic Opsin (MCO) platform towards mutation-agnostic, restorative treatment of multiple orphan diseases within the inherited retinal dystrophy (IRD) space. Ms. Bhattacharya will also participate in a panel discussion alongside Nanoscope Chief Scientific Officer, Samarendra Mohanty, PhD.  Details of the panel are as follows:

Title: Breaking barriers: Gene therapy access for neurodegenerative patients
Session Title:  Rare Disease Advocacy World
Session Date: Tuesday April 23rd
Session Time: 3:20 pm. EST, Hall C, Theatre 1
Panelists: Sulagna Bhattacharya, Chief Executive Officer, and Samarendra Mohanty, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer

The panel will discuss hurdles faced by gene therapy developers seeking to address orphan neurodegenerative conditions. Such indications include the retinal degenerative diseases Nanoscope is focused on solving. Specifically, Ms. Bhattacharya and Dr. Mohanty will share the experiences and challenges encountered during development for Nanoscope’s lead asset, MCO-010 for mutation-independent treatment of retinitis pigmentosa, and how such gene-agnostic therapies can widen access to patients.

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 completed 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 RP and Stargardt disease. Preclinical assets include non-viral laser-delivered MCO-020 gene therapy for GA due to AMD.

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.