Category: Press Release

Myrtelle to Present Breakthrough Insights on FDA’s Groundbreaking START Pilot Program at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) 2025 Annual Meeting in New Orleans on Thursday, May 15th

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Myrtelle Announces Significant Reduction in N-Acetylaspartate (NAA), a Key Biomarker, in Patients Treated in Its Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of the Investigational Gene Therapy rAAV-Olig001-ASPA for Canavan Disease 

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Myrtelle Announces that the FDA has Selected rAAV-Olig001-ASPA Gene Therapy Candidate for the Treatment of Canavan Disease for the Support for Clinical Trials Advancing Rare Disease Therapeutics (START) Pilot Program

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Myrtelle Announces Presentation at the 5th Annual Gene Therapy for Neurological Disorders Summit: Optimizing Gene Therapies Targeting the CNS to Deliver Safe & Efficacious Treatment Options For Neurological Disorder Patients

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Myrtelle Announces Presentation of Positive 12-month Post Treatment Data in its First-in-Human Clinical Study of rAAV-Olig001-ASPA Gene Therapy at the 2023 Cell & Gene Meeting on the Mesa held by the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine

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Myrtelle Announces Presentation at Hydrocephalus Association & Rudi Schulte Research Workshop on Developing Non-Invasive Hydrocephalus Therapies: Molecular and Cellular Targets

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Myrtelle to Present Positive 6-month Post-Treatment Data in Its First- in-Human Clinical Study of rAAV-Olig001-ASPA Gene Therapy in Canavan Disease at the National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Annual Family Conference

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Myrtelle Announces Presentation of Positive 6-month Post-Treatment Data in Its First-in-Human Clinical Study of rAAV-Olig001-ASPA Gene Therapy in Canavan Disease at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy 26th Annual Meeting

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Myrtelle’s rAAV-Olig001-ASPA Gene Therapy Candidate for Canavan Disease Receives Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway Designation from the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

Myrtelle Inc., (“Myrtelle” or the “Company”), a clinical stage gene therapy company focused on developing transformative treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the healthcare regulatory body of the United Kingdom (UK), granted Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP) designation to the…

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Myrtelle and rAAVen Therapeutics to Develop Novel Gene Therapy Vectors

Wakefield, Mass., January 11th, 2023 – Myrtelle Inc.,(“Myrtelle”) a clinical stage gene therapy company focused on developing transformative treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, and rAAVen Therapeutics, (“rAAVen”) an AAV engineering company focused on generating innovative vectors for the next generation of gene therapies, today announced a partnership to develop novel recombinant adeno-associated virus (“rAAV”) vectors to…

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Myrtelle Announces Positive Interim Data in Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of Its Proprietary Investigational Gene Therapy rAAV-Olig001-ASPA in Canavan Disease

Phase 1/2 clinical study is evaluating Myrtelle’s first-of-its-kind proprietary adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vector designed to enable targeting of oligodendrocytes Eight patients have been treated in the ongoing Phase 1/2 First-in-Human clinical trial with favorable findings observed to date Assessments of all treated patients through three-months of follow-up show improvements in neuroimaging and functional scales Wakefield,…

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Myrtelle’s rAAV-Olig001-ASPA Gene Therapy Candidate for Canavan Disease Receives Orphan Drug Designation from the European Medicines Agency

WAKEFIELD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Myrtelle Inc., (“Myrtelle” or the “Company”), a clinical stage gene therapy company focused on developing transformative treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted orphan drug (OD) designation for rAAV-Olig001-ASPA, the company’s lead gene therapy product candidate for the treatment of Canavan disease. The OD application is…

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Myrtelle Completes Dosing of 8 Patients with Canavan Disease in Its Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of the Investigational Gene Therapy rAAV-Olig001-ASPA

Myrtelle Inc. has successfully completed dosing 8 patients with Canavan Disease in its Phase 1/2 clinical trial for the investigational gene therapy rAAV-Olig001-ASPA, demonstrating favorable safety and tolerability, along with significant improvements in functional scales and brain white matter content in early assessments.

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Myrtelle and Forge Biologics Announce Viral Vector and Plasmid DNA cGMP Manufacturing Partnership

Myrtelle Inc. and Forge Biologics have announced a manufacturing partnership to advance Myrtelle's novel gene therapy for monogenic hearing loss, Myr-201, into clinical trials for patients with autosomal recessive deafness 8 (DFNB8).

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Myrtelle’s rAAV-Olig001-ASPA Gene Therapy Candidate for Canavan Disease Receives Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product Classification from the European Medicines Agency

Myrtelle Inc. has received Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product (ATMP) classification from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its lead gene therapy product candidate, rAAV-Olig001-ASPA, aimed at treating Canavan disease, facilitating its regulatory pathway and development in the EU.

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Myrtelle Announces Positive Data for Its investigational Proprietary rAAV-Olig001-ASPA Gene Therapy in Canavan Disease at the National Tay Sachs & Allied Diseases Association Conference

Analyses of the first three patients at 6 months post-treatment showed increases in white matter and myelin and improvements on validated functional scales To date, 5 patients have been treated in the ongoing Phase 1/2 First-in-Human clinical trial with favorable safety and tolerability

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Myrtelle Enters into a Worldwide Exclusive License Agreement with Rescue Hearing to Develop and Commercialize Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Hearing Loss

Myrtelle Inc. has entered into a worldwide exclusive licensing agreement with Rescue Hearing Inc. to develop a novel gene therapy for DFNB8 genetic hearing loss, aiming to repair and restore damaged cells and promote neuron survival, offering potential hope for patients with this condition.

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Myrtelle Announces Successful Completion of Initial Stage of Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of Proprietary Gene Therapy for Canavan Disease and Expands Treatment to Younger Patients

Myrtelle Inc. has announced the successful administration of gene therapy in its Phase 1/2 clinical trial for Canavan disease, treating three children aged 3 to 5 years, with plans to expand the study to younger age groups based on recommendations from the Data Monitoring Committee.

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Myrtelle Announces Exclusive Worldwide Gene Therapy Licensing Agreement for Canavan Disease

Myrtelle Inc. has entered into an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Pfizer Inc. for an investigational recombinant adenovirus (rAAV) gene therapy aimed at addressing Canavan disease (CD), a devastating childhood genetic neurological disorder.

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