Sensorion Provides Update on Hearing Loss Gene Therapies
The company highlights progress in its SENS-501 and GJB2-GT clinical programs, recent financing, and a leadership transition.
The company highlights progress in its SENS-501 and GJB2-GT clinical programs, recent financing, and a leadership transition.
Researchers have restored hearing in mice with ENPP1 deficiency using a novel bone-targeted enzyme replacement therapy, offering hope for treating hearing loss in patients with this rare and often fatal genetic disorder.
The PROHEAR study is a placebo-controlled Phase 2a study investigating the otoprotective efficacy of ACOU085 in patients with testicular cancer undergoing cisplatin-based chemotherapy.
This year’s AudiologyNOW! AAA event, said to be the largest annual gathering of audiologists in the world, attracted 3,408 audiologists and featured a wealth of instructional sessions and workshops at the Phoenix Convention Center.
Read MoreIn the General Session of the 2014 Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) Convention held November 6-9, 2014 in Las Vegas, Kathleen Campbell, PhD, of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, gave an interesting and lively talk on ototoxicity and the role of pharmaceutical agents in hearing loss management and prevention.
Read MoreMore pharmaceutical and research companies are developing drugs to treat and prevent hearing loss, according to an April 7 article in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN).
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