Pfizer Commences Ph Ib Trial With Mini-Dystrophin Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Pfizer Commences Ph Ib Trial With Mini-Dystrophin Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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CP Wire
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  • The clinical candidate, PF-06939926, consists of a recombinant AAV  Glossary Link vector expressing a miniaturized version of the DMD gene, which encodes the domains minimally required for functionality of the dystrophin  Glossary Link protein
  • Trial will enroll approximately 12 boys aged 5 to 12 years old with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • Pfizer’s first recombinant AAV-based gene therapy program to enter the clinic stemming from Pfizer’s 2016 acquisition of Bamboo Therapeutics