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AAT deficiency newco Apic Bio launches

September 1, 2017 3:09 PM UTC

Gene therapy company Apic Bio Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.) launched Aug. 22 with an undisclosed investment from the Alpha-1 Foundation and private investor Ed Krapels, who has alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT; A1AT; SERPINA1) deficiency.

The company said its lead AAT deficiency candidate, APB-101, has achieved preclinical proof of concept (POC) with efficacy shown in vitro and in vivo, and is currently undergoing preclinical toxicology studies in non-human primates...