The teams at Genethon develop gene therapy products for rare diseases, in collaboration with academic and industrial teams in France and abroad. Several products derived from R&D at Genethon or to which Genethon contributed as part of a collaboration, are currently in the clinical trial stage. These trials are sponsored by Genethon or by partners in Europe or the United States. These therapies involve neuromuscular pathologies, immune system diseases, ocular and metabolic diseases. To date, 1 product derived from research conducted at Genethon is on the market, 12 products are in clinical trials and 5 others should be in clinical trial within the next 3 years. Find out more about our pipeline.
Neuromuscular diseases
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Preclinical | Phase I/II | Pivotal Phase | Approval |
Genethon developed a gene therapy product in partnership with the Institute of Myology, the University of London and Nantes Gene Therapy Laboratory, and established a proof of concept in a canine DMD model.
Genethon is the sponsor of an ongoing international clinical trial.
Infant Spinal muscular atrophy
Preclinical | Phase I/II | Pivotal Phase | Approval |
Proof of concept of a gene therapy strategy obtained and patented by Martine Barkats’ team at Genethon.
In 2019, a treatment based on these technologies gained marketing authorization in the US and then in France in 2020 for type 1 SMA and other types of SMA.
License agreement to Novartis
SMA-PME and Farber’s disease
Preclinical | Phase I/II | Pivotal Phase | Approval |
A Genethon team is working to develop gene therapy for patients with SMA-PME and Farber’s disease.
Myotubular myopathy
Preclinical | Phase I/II | Pivotal Phase | Approval |
Genethon developed a gene therapy product and initiated pre-clinical development which was then carried out, like clinical development, by Astellas Gene Therapies, to whom the product was licensed and who is the sponsor of the ongoing clinical trial.
Limb girdle muscular dystrophies
Preclinical | Phase I/II | Pivotal Phase | Approval |
Genethon developed a gene therapy product, demonstrated its efficacy in animals and carried out the pre-clinical development of the product.
It was licensed to Atamyo for clinical development.
Preclinical | Phase I/II | Pivotal Phase | Approval |
Genethon developed a gene therapy product and performed much of the pre-clinical development.
This product was licensed to Atamyo for clinical development and a clinical trial application is expected to be filed shortly.
Preclinical | Phase I/II | Pivotal Phase | Approval |
Genethon developed a gene therapy product that was licensed to Atamyo, which is responsible for the pre-clinical development initiated by Genethon.
Immune system/blood diseases
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
Preclinical | Phase I/II | Pivotal Phase | Approval |
Genethon developed the gene therapy product, carried out preclinical development and then launched clinical development. As such, Genethon was the sponsor of two clinical trials, one in France and the other in the UK. Genethon is committed to the long-term monitoring of these trials, which will end in 2032.
Fanconi’s anemia
Preclinical | Phase I/II | Pivotal Phase | Approval |
Genethon developed a lentiviral vector, in collaboration with teams from Ciemat, sponsor of the trial, which is continuing today with a long-term follow-up study.
Sickle cell disease
Preclinical | Phase I/II | Pivotal Phase | Approval |
A phase I/II trial is being carried out at Necker Enfant, with the aim of verifying the tolerability of GLOBE1 and the entire protocol (mobilization, conditioning & transplantation), as well as the efficacy criteria for blood count and % corrected red blood cells. 6 patients were included.
Chronic septic granulomatosis
Preclinical | Phase I/II | Pivotal Phase | Approval |
Genethon developed a lentiviral vector and carried out clinical development in collaboration with APHP within the framework of two clinical trials of which it is the promoter and which are now closed for inclusion, one in France and the other in the UK.
Genethon also licensed the vector to Orchard Therapeutics, which is continuing its clinical development, with the aim of a trial in the United States.
Metabolic diseases
Crigler-Najjar syndrome
Preclinical | Phase I/II | Pivotal Phase | Approval |
Genethon developed the gene therapy product.
An international clinical trial sponsored by Genethon is currently underway, as part of the European CureCN consortium
Pompe disease
Preclinical | Phase I/II | Pivotal Phase | Approval |
Genethon developed the gene therapy product and contributed to its preclinical development.
Cori Forbes disease
Preclinical | Phase I/II | Pivotal Phase | Approval |
A team at Genethon is working on the development of a gene therapy product to restore the expression of the deficient enzyme in the disease.
Other diseases
Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Preclinical | Phase I/II | Pivotal Phase | Approval |
This gene therapy product stems from the original work of Dr. Marisol Corral-Debrinski and Pr. José-Alain Sahel, carried out at the preclinical stage as part of a collaboration with Genethon, which also contributed to early clinical development.
This product was licensed to Gensight, sponsor of the clinical trial. Gensight is seeking marketing authorization for Europe.