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“The millions of patients with Parkinson’s disease globally have limited treatment options available to them today. We are very excited to bring AXO-Lenti-PD into clinical development and believe it will be an important new therapy for patients with Parkinson’s disease who suffer from motor fluctuations on the current standard of care. Building upon the evidence of safety and durable improvements in motor symptoms seen up to six years in the prior clinical study of ProSavin, we feel a sense of urgent responsibility to accelerate the development of AXO-Lenti-PD,” said Pavan Cheruvu, M.D., chief executive officer of Axovant. “This marks the first of our gene therapy programs to enter the clinic, and our focus now is on rapid execution of the clinical study. We look forward to sharing initial data in the first half of 2019.”

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AXO-Lenti-PD was administered to the first patient on the study at the Clinical Research Facility affiliated with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and University College London Hospitals (UCLH). The patient experienced no complications related to the surgery or to administration of the vector and was discharged home as planned.

The ongoing clinical study of AXO-Lenti-PD will evaluate safety and tolerability, as well as collect efficacy data including standard measures of motor function in patients with Parkinson's disease. Initial data from the first cohort of patients in the clinical trial is expected in the first half of 2019.