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Fabry International Network Seeks Entries for FIN Award 2022

The Fabry International Network (FIN) is calling for global submissions for its annual FIN Award, which recognizes the efforts of patient organizations to educate and unify the Fabry disease community and to heighten awareness of the rare genetic lysosomal storage disorder. Projects must be initiated this year for…

Jasper Therapeutics, Avrobio Team Up to Assess JSP191

Jasper Therapeutics and Avrobio have entered into a non-exclusive research collaboration to evaluate the use of JSP191 in patients with Fabry disease who are being treated with one of Avrobio’s investigational gene therapies. Under this collaboration, JSP191 — an anti-CD117 monoclonal antibody — also will be…

Lucerastat Fails to Lessen Neuropathic Pain in Phase 3 Trial

Lucerastat, an investigational substrate reduction therapy for Fabry disease, has failed to outperform placebo at reducing neuropathic pain in patients, updated results from the MODIFY Phase 3 trial show. The findings mean that Idorsia‘s MODIFY study (NCT03425539) did not meet its primary goal, despite lucerastat being well…