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SparingVision to Present Preclinical Datas for Retinitis Pigmentaria’s Treatment during Annual Congress of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

Vancouver, Canada, from April 28th to May 2nd,
2019

PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/biotech?src=hash" target="_blank"gt;#biotechlt;/agt;–SparingVision, a biotechnology company focused on the discovering and
development of an innovative, therapeutic approach for treatment of
blinding inherited retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP),
announced that four communications (3 posters and 1 oral presentation)
related to the SPVN06 gene therapy developed by SparingVision, will be
presented during the 2019 Association for Research in Vision and
Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada, from April 28
to May 2, 2019. Also, SparingVision will participate in the 6th Annual
Retinal Cell and Gene Therapy Innovation Summit taking place just prior
to the ARVO.

ARVO is the largest and most respected eye and vision research
organization in the world. Members include nearly 12,000 researchers.
ARVO’s mission is to advance research worldwide into understanding the
visual system and preventing, treating and curing its disorders.

SparingVision will participate at ARVO’s annual meeting 2019
with an oral presentation and three posters from our research team
partner of the Paris Vision institute. We are delighted to share our
preclinical datas among this prestigious congress. We are starting the
production of our clinical batches to initiate the first clinical trials
in Europe and the United States in 2020
” explains Florence Allouche,
CEO of SparingVision.

The presentations include :

In addition, Florence Allouche will take part in the French American
Innovation Day (FAID) to be held in Los Angeles on May 6 and 7, 2019.
This event will bring together high-level French and American experts on
a theme of innovation “hereditary retinal dystrophies” to promote French
Scientific Excellence in the United States.

About SparingVision

SparingVision is a biotechnology company focused on the discovering and
development of innovative therapies for the treatment of blinding
inherited retinal diseases SparingVision is developing SPVN06, a drug
candidate to treat retinitis pigmentosa, the most common inherited
retinal degeneration. There is currently no treatment to treat all forms
of this rare genetic disease of the retina that leads to blindness and
affects approximately 40,000 people in France and nearly 2 million
worldwide. SparingVision is a spin-off of the Paris Vision Institute.
Bpifrance, the Foundation Fighting Blindness (US) and the Voir &
Entendre Foundation invested 15.5 million euros in the company.
SparingVision is laureate of Grand Prix of i-Lab. 2017, the National
Contest for the Creation of Innovative Companies and is part of the
first selection of companies Hub Heath Tech launched by Bpifrance in
December 2017. Florence Allouche, President of SparingVision was elected
“Woman of the Year 2017” by the financial magazine La Tribune.

www.sparingvision.com

Contacts

Florence Allouche +33 1 43 46 20 60
Pharm D. Présidente
SparingVision,
fag@sparingvision.com

Florence Portejoie, + 33 6 07 76 82 83
FP2COM
fportejoie@fp2com.fr

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