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AVROBIO, Inc. Announces Analyst and Investor Event and Upcoming Clinical Data Presentations at WORLDSymposium 2019CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AVROBIO, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVRO) (the “Company”), a Phase 2 clinical-stage gene therapy company, today announced that clinical trial updates related to the Company’s gene therapy program for AVR-RD-01 in Fabry disease will be presented at WORLDSymposium, an annual conference dedicated to lysosomal diseases, being held February 4-8, 2019 in Orlando, Florida. AVROBIO will host an event for analysts and investors in conjunction with the conference, with a presentation and webcast beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 in addition to the data presentations made as part of the WORLDSymposium program. AVROBIO’s analyst and investor event will expand on the presentations at the conference and highlight AVROBIO’s progress with the Phase 1 study and Phase 2 FAB-201 study1 for its lead clinical program in Fabry disease; the Company’s optimized gene therapy platform; and other gene therapy pipeline programs in Gaucher, Cystinosis and Pompe. Featured speakers at the analyst and investor event include AVROBIO management and Dr. Mark Thomas, a specialist in Fabry disease and physician at the Department of Nephrology, Royal Perth Hospital and Clinical Professor at the University of Western Australia Medical School. AVR-RD-01 is a gene therapy being investigated in patients with Fabry disease. Designed to be a one-time therapy, its mechanism of action is by inserting the GLA gene that encodes functional agalactosidase A (AGA, the enzyme that is deficient in Fabry disease), with the goal of enabling continuous AGA production and distribution to tissues and organs. The data related to the AVR-RD-01 clinical program in Fabry disease presented at WORLDSymposium includes: Platform presentation: “FACTs Fabry gene therapy clinical trial: Phase 1 study update and two-year data for first patient” Poster presentation: “Evaluating the Content Validity of the Diary of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms - Mixed (DIBSS-M) to Assess Gastrointestinal Symptoms Associated with Fabry” For AVROBIO’s analyst and investor event, a live webcast of the presentation and accompanying slides ill be available under “Events and Presentations” in the Investors section of the Company’s website at www.avrobio.com. An archived webcast recording of the event will be available on the website for approximately 30 days. About AVROBIO, Inc. Forward-Looking Statements Any forward-looking statements in this press release are based on AVROBIO’s current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry as well as management’s current beliefs and expectations of future events only as of today and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those set forth in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk that any one or more of AVROBIO’s product candidates will not be successfully developed or commercialized, the risk of cessation or delay of any of AVROBIO’s ongoing or planned clinical trials, the risk that AVROBIO may not realize the intended benefits of efforts to optimize its platform, and the risk that prior results, such as signals of safety, activity or durability of effect, observed from preclinical or clinical trials, will not be replicated or will not continue in ongoing or future studies or trials involving AVROBIO’s product candidates. For a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties, and other important factors, any of which could cause AVROBIO’s actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in AVROBIO’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2018, as well as discussions of potential risks, uncertainties and other important factors in AVROBIO’s subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AVROBIO explicitly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements except to the extent required by law. 1 The official name of the ‘FAB-201 study’ is AVRO-RD-01-201, which is a Phase 2 trial of AVROBIO’s investigational gene therapy AVR-RD-01, in Fabry disease. Investor Contact: Christopher F. Brinzey Westwicke Partners 339-970-2843 [email protected] Media Contact: Kathryn Morris The Yates Network 914-204-6412 [email protected] |