BioMedNewsBreaks – Genprex Inc. (NASDAQ: GNPX) Enters Exclusive License Agreement with University of Pittsburgh
Genprex (NASDAQ: GNPX), a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing life-changing therapies for patients with cancer and diabetes, has signed an exclusive license agreement with the University of Pittsburgh. The agreement grants Genprex worldwide, exclusive rights to a patent application and related technology for a gene therapy targeting both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The therapy utilizes Pdx1 (“Pdx1”) and MafA (“MafA”) genes controlled by an MafB (“MafB”) promoter and administered through an adeno-associated virus (“AAV”) vector directly into the pancreatic duct. Preclinical data from nonhuman primate models of type 1 diabetes show promising results, with significant decreases…