Santhera Starts Collaboration in Gene Therapy Research for Congenital Muscular Dystrophy with the Biozentrum, University of Basel, Co-Financed by Innosuisse

Santhera Pharmaceuticals announces on May 21st its collaboration with the Biozentrum of the University of Basel to advance gene therapy research for the treatment of LAMA2-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy (LAMA2 MD or MDC1A). The program is supported by public funding for innovation in Switzerland through a grant from Innosuisse – the Suisse Innovation Agency. Innosuisse and Santhera will jointly invest CHF 1.2 million into this preclinical research collaboration.

For further information, see Santhera PR (http://www.santhera.com/assets/files/press-releases/2019-05-21_GenTher_Innosuisse_e_final.pdf)