Nanoscope Therapeutics to Present at the 20th Annual Advanced Therapies Week Conference

Nanoscope Therapeutics to Present at the 20th Annual Advanced Therapies Week Conference

DALLAS, TX — Jan. 12, 2024  — Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing gene therapies for inherited retinal diseases, today announced that Dr. Samarendra Mohanty, President & Chief Scientific Officer, and Dr. Jared Stephens, Vice President of Strategy & Business Development will be presenting at the 20th Annual Advanced Therapies Week Conference taking place from January 16-19 at the Miami Convention Center in Miami, Florida. Details for the presentation are as follows:

Title: Navigating the manufacturing and associated regulatory challenges for advancing gene therapies
Session Title: Regulatory and CMC Alignment for Gene Therapy Manufacturing
Session Date: January 17, 2024
Session Time: 4:00 p.m. E.T.
Location: Theatre 2
Presenter: Samarendra Mohanty, PhD, President & Chief Scientific Officer

During his presentation, Dr. Mohanty will:

  • Introduce the need for forward-thinking strategies in transitioning from experimental processes to commercially viable ones
  • Cover the regulatory landscape, challenges of limited historical data, and comparability of manufacturing batches
  • Highlight the importance of risk assessment in justifying the analytical approach and how this can influence decision-making

Title: Pioneering a New Wave of Optogenetic Therapeutics for Vision Restoration 

Session Title:  Gene Therapy Highlight Session
Session Date: January 19, 2024
Session Time: 10:00 a.m. E.T.
Location: Innovation Stage
Presenter: Jared Stephens, PhD, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development

During his presentation, Dr. Stephens will highlight the recent clinical progress of Nanoscope’s Multi-Characteristic Opsin pipeline programs for Retinitis Pigmentosa and Stargardt Macular Degeneration.

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
PR@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.