Nanoscope Therapeutics to Present at the 2024 American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) Annual Scientific Meeting

Nanoscope Therapeutics to Present at the 2024 American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) Annual Scientific Meeting

DALLAS, July 10, 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 its Multi-Characteristic Opsin (MCO) gene therapy platform will be featured in a presentation by Dr. Michael Singer at the 2024 ASRS Annual Scientific Meeting taking place from July 17-July 20, 2024 at the Stockholmsmässan Convention Center in Stockholm, Sweden.

Details for the presentation are as follows:

Abstract Title: BCVA analysis of low- or high-dose MCO-010 mutation agnostic optogenetic therapy for retinitis pigmentosa: FIRST TIME 100-week TOPLINE Results from a Phase 2b/3 Randomized Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial (RESTORE)
Session Type: Late-Breaking Symposium Presentation
Session Title: Symposium 3: Hereditary Retinal Disease & Genetics
Session Date: Friday, July 19th
Session Time: 9:17am CEST
Presenter: Dr. Michael Singer

Dr. Singer will present end-of-study data from RESTORE, a randomized controlled trial of Nanoscope’s MCO optogenetic gene therapy in patients with severe vision loss related to Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP). MCO-treated subjects from RESTORE experienced clinically meaningful improvements in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in a statistically significant manner. Dr. Singer will discuss the importance and magnitude of the vision restoration observed in MCO-treated patients from RESTORE in the context of the natural history of declining vision in this patient population.

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 announced the 100-week data from the RESTORE Phase 2b/3 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 atrophies secondary 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.