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Charles River, Cure AP-4 Enter Manufacturing Pact for Gene Therapy

September 6, 2022

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. and Cure AP-4, a non-profit foundation dedicated to raising funds and awareness about Adapter-Protein 4 Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (AP-4 HSP), have entered a manufacturing collaboration. Charles River, a contract research and development manufacturing organization (CRO/CDMO), will provide High Quality (HQ) plasmid DNA for Cure AP-4’s Phase I/II gene therapy trials against AP-4 HSP.

Cure AP-4’s gene therapy treatment will look to address the root cause of AP-4 HSP, a rare neurodegenerative disorder, and is intended as a one-time, curative treatment for the patient.

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