Industry-sponsored clinical studies against the new coronavirus have proliferated, as have their designs and efficacy measures.
Data will soon show whether Avadel’s FT218 is more convenient than Jazz’s Xyrem, while Axovant will be looking for a dose response with its Parkinson’s gene therapy.
Despite the recent flurry of gene therapy deals there is still a fairly extensive list of affordable companies out there.
Axovant is the latest company to benefit from excitement over gene therapy data in small numbers of patients.
The French company has taken a look at its R&D portfolio, and made some radical changes in oncology and diabetes.
Axovant's need to rebuild its pipeline is benefiting gene therapy developers.
Axovant transforms itself into a new gene therapy company with an old Oxford Biomedica product.