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GenAssist expressed great gratitude to the valuable advice from the virtual TREAT-NMD Advisory Committee for Therapeutics (TACT) held in September 2023

GenAssist Therapeutics successfully completed a virtual meeting with the TREAT-NMD Advisory Committee for its first base editing product on September 29, 2023. Eighteen representatives, including distinguished preclinical and clinical experts in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) therapy, as well as DMD representatives attended this meeting. A comprehensive review and advice were received on November 13 after […]

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TAM Base Editor can efficiently induce exon skipping in 42% of all DMD mutation types, reported by Professor Xing Chang at Cell Reports

Recently, the team led by Professor Xing Chang, West Lake University, published an article titled “Efficient exon skipping by base-editor-mediated abrogation of exonic splicing enhancers” in Cell Reports. In this paper, Han Q. et al employed Targeted AID-mediated mutagenesis (TAM) cytosine base editor (CBE-TAM) to edit various hotspot mutations of DMD gene in vitro. High

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GenAssist, a Pioneer in the field of the Gene Editing Innovative Drug Development, Completed Pre-Series A Financing

On July 9, 2021, GenAssist has successfully closed a multi-million RMB Pre-Series A financing , bringing the total raised funds to nearly 100 million RMB. The round was led by Sequoia Capital China Fund, with participation from Westlake University Industrial Investment, Suzhou New District Industrial Investment, and the Wang Jiaquan Family Fund. Existing shareholder of

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GenAssist Completes Multi-Million Dollar Series A Financing

Recently, GenAssist, which is the first company in China to develop gene therapy drugs using base editing technology, announced the closing of a multi-million dollar Series A financing. The round was led by AstraZeneca-CICC Healthcare Industry Fund, with participation from Baidu Ventures (BV), a well-known equity investment institution, and existing shareholder Sequoia China, who continued

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Pre-IND application of GenAssist’s First DMD Drug was Accepted by the US FDA!

Recently, Suzhou GenAssisit Therapeutics Co.,Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “GenAssist”) announced that its first base editing product, GEN6050, has submitted a pre-investigational new drug (Pre-IND) application to the FDA and has been accepted. GEN6050 is an in vivo base editing drug targeting exon 50 skipping for the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). The drug

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