Intellia Therapeutics to Present New Clinical Data from the Phase 1 Study of nexiguran ziclumeran (nex-z) for the Treatment of Transthyretin (ATTR) Amyloidosis at the 2024 AHA Scientific Sessions
01 October 2024 - 9:30PM
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTLA), a leading clinical-stage
gene editing company focused on revolutionizing medicine with
CRISPR-based therapies, today announced that interim data from the
ongoing Phase 1 study of nexiguran ziclumeran (nex-z, also known as
NTLA-2001) will be presented in a late-breaking oral presentation
at the 2024 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions,
taking place November 16 – 18 in Chicago, Illinois. Nex-z is an
investigational in vivo CRISPR-based gene editing therapy designed
to be a single-dose treatment for transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis.
Intellia leads development and commercialization of nex-z as part
of a multi-target discovery, development and commercialization
collaboration with Regeneron. The presentation will include safety,
reduction in serum TTR and biomarkers of disease progression, and
functional capacity data in patients with ATTR amyloidosis with
cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM).
Presentation Details
Title: Nexiguran ziclumeran (nex-z, also known
as NTLA-2001), an investigational in vivo CRISPR-based therapy for
patients with transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy
(ATTR-CM): interim report of the Phase 1 study
Session: Late-Breaking Science 1: Celebrating a
Century of Cardiovascular Science: From Prevention to Treatment, to
Cure
Session Type: Late-Breaking Science
Date and Time: Saturday, November 16, 2024,
from 8:30-9:45 a.m. CST
Presenter: Marianna Fontana, M.D., Ph.D.,
Professor of Cardiology and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist,
University College London Centre for Amyloidosis, London, UK
Location: Main Event I
About nexiguran ziclumeran (nex-z, also known as
NTLA-2001)Based on Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR/Cas9
technology, nex-z has the potential to become the first one-time
treatment for transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis. Nex-z is designed
to inactivate the TTR gene that encodes for the transthyretin (TTR)
protein. Nex-z is the first investigational CRISPR therapy to be
administered systemically to edit genes inside the human body.
Interim Phase 1 clinical data showed the administration of nex-z
led to consistent, deep and long-lasting TTR reduction. Intellia
leads development and commercialization of nex-z as part of a
multi-target discovery, development and commercialization
collaboration with Regeneron.
About Transthyretin (ATTR)
AmyloidosisTransthyretin amyloidosis, or ATTR amyloidosis,
is a rare, progressive and fatal disease. Hereditary ATTR (ATTRv)
amyloidosis occurs when a person is born with mutations in the TTR
gene, which causes the liver to produce structurally abnormal
transthyretin (TTR) protein with a propensity to misfold. These
damaged proteins build up as amyloid in the body, causing serious
complications in multiple tissues, including the heart, nerves and
digestive system. ATTRv amyloidosis predominantly manifests as
polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN), which can lead to nerve damage, or
cardiomyopathy (ATTRv-CM), which can lead to heart failure. Some
individuals without the genetic mutation produce non-mutated, or
wild-type TTR proteins that become unstable over time, misfolding
and aggregating in disease-causing amyloid deposits. This
condition, called wild-type ATTR (ATTRwt) amyloidosis, primarily
affects the heart. There are an estimated 50,000 people worldwide
living with ATTRv amyloidosis and between 200,000 and 500,000
people with ATTRwt amyloidosis. There is no known cure for ATTR
amyloidosis and currently available medications are limited to
slowing accumulation of misfolded TTR protein.
About Intellia TherapeuticsIntellia
Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTLA) is a leading clinical-stage gene
editing company focused on revolutionizing medicine with
CRISPR-based therapies. The company’s in vivo programs
use CRISPR to enable precise editing of disease-causing genes
directly inside the human body. Intellia’s ex
vivo programs use CRISPR to engineer human cells outside the
body for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
Intellia’s deep scientific, technical and clinical development
experience, along with its people, is helping set the standard for
a new class of medicine. To harness the full potential of gene
editing, Intellia continues to expand the capabilities of its
CRISPR-based platform with novel editing and delivery technologies.
Learn more at intelliatx.com and follow us @intelliatx.
Forward-Looking Statements This press release
contains “forward-looking statements” of Intellia Therapeutics,
Inc. (“Intellia” or the “Company”) within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, express
or implied statements regarding Intellia’s beliefs and expectations
regarding: the safety, efficacy, success and advancement of its
clinical program for nexiguran ziclumeran (“nex-z”, also known as
“NTLA-2001”) for transthyretin (“ATTR”) amyloidosis pursuant to its
clinical trial applications and investigational new drug
submission, including its potential to become the first one-time
treatment for ATTR amyloidosis; and the expected timing of data
releases, including the oral presentation planned for November 16
at the 2024 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific
Sessions.
Any forward-looking statements in this press release are based
on management’s current expectations and beliefs of future events
and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those
set forth in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: risks
related to Intellia’s ability to protect and maintain its
intellectual property position; risks related to Intellia’s
relationship with third parties, including its licensors and
licensees; risks related to the ability of its licensors to protect
and maintain their intellectual property position; uncertainties
related to the authorization, initiation, enrollment and conduct of
studies and other development requirements for its product
candidates, including nex-z; the risk that any one or more of
Intellia’s product candidates, including nex-z, will not be
successfully developed and commercialized; the risk that the
results of preclinical studies or clinical studies, such as the
Phase 1 clinical study of nex-z, will not be predictive of future
results in connection with future studies for the same product
candidate or Intellia’s other product candidates; and risks related
to Intellia’s reliance on collaborations, including that its
collaboration with Regeneron will not continue or will not be
successful. For a discussion of these and other risks and
uncertainties, and other important factors, any of which could
cause Intellia’s actual results to differ from those contained in
the forward-looking statements, see the section entitled “Risk
Factors” in Intellia’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K and
quarterly report on Form 10-Q, as well as discussions of potential
risks, uncertainties, and other important factors in Intellia’s
other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All
information in this press release is as of the date of the release,
and Intellia undertakes no duty to update this information unless
required by law.
Intellia Contacts:
Investors:Ian KarpSenior Vice President,
Investor Relations and Corporate
Communicationsian.karp@intelliatx.com
Lina LiSenior Director, Investor Relations and Corporate
Communicationslina.li@intelliatx.com
Media:Matt CrensonTen Bridge
Communicationsmedia@intelliatx.com
mcrenson@tenbridgecommunications.com
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