.@JNJNews pharma unit @JanssenGlobal has bought rights to an investigational gene therapy for a severe form age-related macular degeneration from specialist biotech @HemeraBio https://t.co/G0yRmG5Qbl #pharma#ophthalmology
Janssen Acquires Rights to Novel Gene Therapy, from Hemera Biosciences, for Late-Stage Age-Related Macular Degeneration https://t.co/kAYP376gra @JanssenUS @JanssenEMEA @HemeraBio More U.S. Life Science Business News at [LSUS] at https://t.co/fO8Gniaszr
Janssen acquires rights to novel, investigational gene therapy from @HemeraBio to help preserve vision in patients with geographic atrophy, a late-stage form of age-related macular degeneration. Click for more: https://t.co/srFok73AX2
We are thrilled to announce that @JanssenGlobal has acquired the rights to the HMR59 #genetherapy to preserve vision in patients with #geographicatrophy. Details available https://t.co/G9pPfOOnZJ and https://t.co/UF9ffNac0q
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Hemera founder Jay Duker discussing use of HMR59 to block complement for #dryAMD and future use at early stages of AMD before vision loss occurs @RetinaWCongress
Hemera founder Jay Duker presenting Hemera 12 month dry AMD data at Angiogenesis meeting in Miami showing reduction vs natural history after a single injection of HMR59 at Day 0. Wet AMD study using HMR59 continues to enroll.
Given the rapid enrollment of HMR-1002 for new onset #wetAMD using HMR59 #genetherapy we have expanded enrollment up to 25 patients. Enrollment information available at https://t.co/7nafpxEFg6
As 2018 winds down Hemera thanks all the patients and clinical sites making our #genetherapy trials for #maculardegeneration HMR1001 (Dry AMD) and HMR1002 (Wet AMD) an enormous success.
HMR-1002 treating patients with new onset wet AMD using Hemera’s gene therapy HMR59 is open and has enrolled the first patient today. Info @ https://t.co/7nafpxEFg6