Treat, Prevent, Restore: Sensorion’s Approach To Hearing Loss

French Biotech Is Developing Small Molecules And Gene Therapies

 
• By Chloe Kent
  
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Hearing loss lacks pharmacological treatment options, with patients instead relying on medical devices or going untreated. In Vivo spoke to French biotech Sensorion, which is targeting a number of hearing loss indications with small-molecule drugs and gene therapies.

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A lack of approved pharmacological therapies for hearing loss, whether acquired or congenital, is a gap in the market that a number of biotechs and big pharmaceutical firms are looking to plug. While medical devices such as hearing aids or cochlear implants can be a boon for patients who are deaf or hard of hearing, a lack of drug treatment options represents a significant unmet medical need.

“The biological approaches a patient needs are very different” depending on whether their hearing loss can be treated or prevented,...

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