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Ast ellas Pharma has announced plans to make a strategic investment to back the development of Taysha GeneTherapies’ adeno-associated virus (AAV) development programmes for Rett syndrome and giant axonal neuropathy (GAN). Cell & GeneTherapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.
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