Nanoscope's Gene Therapy to Restore Vision in Patients to be Featured at OIS Retina Innovation Summit and American Society of Retina Specialists Annual Meeting

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Jul 12, 2022, 07:00 ET

Results of Phase 2b RESTORE trial for retinitis pigmentosa and six-month data for Phase 2 STARLIGHT trial for Stargardt disease expected in Q1 2023

DALLAS, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing gene therapies for retinal degenerative diseases, today announced that clinical development of its Multi-Characteristic Opsin (MCO) gene therapy platform will be featured in two presentations at the 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS), taking place July 13 – 16, in New York City.

Details for the presentations are as follows:

Update on U.S. Clinical Trials of MCO-010 for Retinitis Pigmentosa and Stargardt Disease and Review of Nanoscope's Non-viral Laser Gene Delivery Platform
Presenter: Samarendra Mohanty, Ph.D., Nanoscope Co-Founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer
Session: ASRS satellite OIS Retina Innovation Summit, Spotlight on Breakthrough Technologies
Date and Time: Wednesday, July 13, 2022; 4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. ET
Location: Edison Ballroom

Multicenter Randomized Sham-Controlled Double-Masked Phase 2b Clinical Trial of Multi-Characteristic Opsin in Patients with Advanced Retinitis Pigmentosa
Presenter: Peter Kaiser, M.D., FASRS, of the Cole Eye Institute in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Cleveland Clinic
Session: Dry AMD 3 Symposium
Date and Time: Saturday, July 16, 2022; 10:15 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. ET
Location: Javits Center

Dr. Kaiser, a Nanoscope adviser, will discuss Nanoscope's Phase 2b RESTORE trial, its most advanced clinical program. RESTORE trial results, along with six-month data from the Phase 2 STARLIGHT trial for Stargardt disease, are expected in Q1 2023.

About Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc.

Nanoscope Therapeutics is developing gene-agnostic, sight restoring optogenetic therapies for the millions of patients blinded by retinal degenerative diseases, for which no cure exists. The company's lead asset, MCO-010, is presently in Phase 2b multicenter, randomized, double-masked, sham-controlled clinical trials in the U.S. for retinitis pigmentosa (NCT04945772) with top line data expected Q1 2023. The company has also initiated a Phase 2 trial of MCO-010 therapy in Stargardt patients (NCT05417126). MCO-010 has received FDA orphan drug designations for RP and Stargardt. Preclinical assets include non-viral laser delivered MCO-020 gene therapy for geographic atrophy.

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SOURCE Nanoscope Therapeutics