NMPA approves IND for Reforgene's beta-thalassemia gene editing medicine

Reforgene Medicine announced that its beta-thalassemia gene editing medicine received IND approval from China's National Medical Products Administration, a key regulatory milestone for the program.

About Reforgene

Reforgene Medicine is one of China’s leading innovative gene editing drug companies, driven by gene editing technology and dedicated to bringing novel medicines to life. Reforgene has a high-caliber team that applied gene editing to explore the treatment of genetic diseases at an early stage internationally, and has accumulated pioneering achievements in hematology, ophthalmology and other disease areas, with strong technical capabilities in gene editing tool innovation, drug development strategy, novel animal model construction, and multi-level efficacy and safety assessment, operating both in vivo and ex vivo drug development. Reforgene’s mission is to deliver accessible, curative medicines for patients with serious diseases through innovative genetic technologies. The company currently has pipeline programs across genetic diseases, complex diseases and oncology. Its innovative beta-thalassemia medicine has achieved globally leading clinical progress, and it achieved the world’s first cure of an alpha-thalassemia patient.