Regeneron Gene Therapy Reaches New Heights In Restoring Hearing

The US biotech’s DB-OTO has made headlines worldwide after a baby with profound genetic deafness experienced improved hearing to normal levels within 24 weeks after a single intracochlear injection.

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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s acquisition of Decibel Therapeutics, Inc. last year is looking like a very smart move after the gene therapy at the heart of the deal restored hearing to normal levels in a baby girl born deaf within 24 weeks after treatment.

Preliminary data from the ongoing Phase I/II CHORD trial of the gene therapy, called DB-OTO, have been detailed during an...

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