CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genetix Pharmaceuticals, a leader in gene therapy of somatic stem cells, announced today the company’s clinical program to treat Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). The company is developing a gene therapy product in collaboration with Professor Patrick Aubourg and Doctor Nathalie Cartier of the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM). Genetix is planning to file an IND to expand the development in the US, as well as to expand the ongoing trial in France. The current development timeline should make the product commercially available to patients by 2014. Patrick Aubourg and Nathalie Cartier will become scientific advisors to Genetix’s ALD clinical programs.
