Nanoscope's Clinical and Scientific Advances in Optogenetics to be Featured at ASGCT Annual Meeting, May 16-19, 2022 in Washington, DC

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May 13, 2022, 07:00 ET

DALLAS, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing optogenetic therapies for treatment of retinal degenerative diseases, today announced four presentations on the Company's clinical development and research programs at the 25^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT), May 16-19, 2022, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The international convention (in-person and virtual) attracts thousands of scientists, patient advocates, physicians, and government officials.

"Nanoscope will be highlighting its MCO-010 clinical gene therapy program that demonstrated vision restoration in people blinded by retinal diseases as well as pioneering nonviral laser delivery of MCO-020 gene therapy for geographic atrophy and optogenetic modulation of neurological disorders," said Sulagna Bhattacharya, CEO of Nanoscope.

ASGCT will feature two presentations on MCO-010 and two on MCO-020 (all times are U.S. EDT):

Monday, May 16, 3:45 pm – 5:30 pm, Salon H
Synthetic Nanoparticle-Based Gene Transfer oral abstract presentation
In Vivo Spatially Targeted Nonviral Optical Delivery of Genes in Mice to NHPs, Monday, May 16, 4:15 – 4:30
pm – Sanghoon Kim, Ph.D.

Monday, May 16, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, Hall D
Ophthalmic and Auditory Diseases poster session
Optogenetic Gene Therapy for Treatment of Inherited Retinal Disorders in a Gene Agnostic Manner [Board No.
M-174] - Subrata Batabyal, Ph.D.

Neurologic Diseases I poster session
Optogenetic Modulation of the Central Nervous System for Pain [Board No. M-152] - Darryl Narcisse, M.D.

Tuesday, May 17, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, Hall D
Gene and Cell Therapy Trials in Progress poster session
AAV Intravitreal Optogenetic Therapy for Vision Restoration in Patients with Severe Retinal Dystrophy [Board
No. Tu-306] – Samarendra Mohanty, Ph.D.

About Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc.
Nanoscope Therapeutics is developing optogenetic therapies to give sight to millions of patients suffering from retinal degenerative diseases. Nanoscope's lead product, MCO-010, is an investigational AAV gene therapy designed to restore functional vision to patients with severe vision loss due to retinal degeneration. In a Phase 1/2a open label trial (NCT04919473) of MCO-010 in patients with advanced RP (n=11), MCO-010 demonstrated a favorable safety profile and several patients experienced restoration of vision to a level sufficient to resume activities of daily living. A multicenter, randomized, double-masked, sham-controlled Phase 2b clinical trial of MCO-010 for treatment of RP (NCT04945772) is fully enrolled (N=27) and in follow-up. Primary data are expected in H1-2023. The company is initiating Phase-2 clinical trials for Stargardt macular degeneration in Q2-2022. MCO therapy received orphan drug designations from the FDA for RP and Stargardt.

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SOURCE Nanoscope Therapeutics