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 2^nd,
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 6^th 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 :

• 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase 2 governs the
  metabolic flux between rod and cone photoreceptor) : Oral
  presentation will be made by Géraldine Millet-Puel (Thierry
  Léveillard’s team), Paris Vision Institute – Genetic department from
  La Sorbonne University.

  Session : Retina Cell Biology 6404
  Date :
  Thu, May 02 10:15am – 12:00pm

• NCL is implicated in the NXNL1 gene splicing and leads to RdCVF
  expression in retinoblastoma cell lines – The poster will be
  presented by Najate Aït-Ali (Thierry Léveillard’s team), Paris Vision
  Institute- Genetic department from La Sorbonne University.

  Session :
  (A0261)
  Poster 4940 – A0261

• Modeling Cone Aerobic Glycolysis – The poster will be presented
  by Erika Tatiana Camacho, School of Mathematical & Natural Sciences,
  Arizona State University in collaboration with Thierry Léveillard’s
  team.

  Session : (B0029)
  Poster 567 – B0029

• Mathematically Assessing the Contributions of Key Processes in Cone
  Aerobic Glycolysis will be presented by Danielle Brager, School of
  Mathematical & Natural Sciences, Arizona State University in
  collaboration with Thierry Léveillard’s team.

  Session :
  (B0031)
  Poster 569 – B0031

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