Freeline Evaluating Options After No Home Run For Hem B Gene Therapy

At Crossroads As Rivals Advance

Freeline’s FLT180a could still prove to be the best-in-class gene therapy for hemophilia B but its cash and time are running out as rivals grow closer to market.

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All three patients saw their Factor IX levels rise to normal levels - but these fell back in two patients after the trial cut-off period. • Source: Shutterstock

Freeline Therapeutics is weighing up what to do next with its lead gene therapy candidate, the hemophilia B treatment FLT180a, after a Phase I/II study failed to provide the compelling efficacy data it needed.

While the safety and initial efficacy data were encouraging from the first three patients in the trial, Freeline fell short...

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