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MeiraGTx Announces FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for AAV2-hAQP1 for the Treatment of Grade 2 and Grade 3 Radiation-Induced Xerostomia (RIX) and Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial and Operational Results
FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for AAV2-hAQP1 for the treatment of Grade 2 and Grade 3 late xerostomia caused by radiotherapy for cancers of the
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[{"type":"text","content":"FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for AAV2-hAQP1 for the treatment of Grade 2 and Grade 3 late xerostomia caused by radiotherapy for cancers of the upper aerodigestive tractMeiraGTx to hold a program update and present long-term data for AAV2-hAQP1 program for the treatment of Grade 2/3 Radiation-Induced Xerostomia on Thursday, April 16th, 2026 LONDON and NEW YORK, March 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MeiraGTx Holdings plc (Nasdaq: MGTX), a vertically integrated, clinical stage genetic medicines company, today announced financial and operational results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2025, and provided a corporate update. “We are delighted to have been awarded Breakthrough Designation for our AAV2-hAQP1 treatment for Grade 2 and Grade 3 late xerostomia caused by radiotherapy for cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract,” said Alexandria Forbes, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of MeiraGTx. “This Breakthrough application was supported by 3-year data from the Phase 1 dose escalation study. On April 16th, we will be providing an AAV2-hAQP1 program update with information about the commercial opportunity for this therapy, as well as presenting the 3-year data. We have also had huge enthusiasm about our Phase 2 AQUAx2 study in the RIX community, amongst physicians and patients.” “In 2025 we executed two important strategic collaborations bringing immediate non-dilutive financing into the company, as well as potential significant near-term financial milestones. We signed a collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) focused on our AAV-AIPL1 program for the treatment of LCA4, one of the most severe forms of inherited retinopathies. In addition to AAV-AIPL1, Lilly gained exclusive rights to two preclinical ocular programs as well as our intravitreal capsids, bespoke promoters and certain rights to our riboswitch platform in the eye. Lilly is working with global regulatory agencies to expeditiously gain approval of AAV-AIPL1 and to provide access to this life changing therapy for LCA4 to children globally.” Dr. Forbes continued, “Earlier in the year, we entered into a strategic collaboration with Hologen Limited, a world-leader in the development of multi-modal generative AI foundation models which were built specifically to remove noise from clinical data and to allow the real clinical ...