Trial of Cell Therapy to Raise HbF Levels Showing Potential, But Sanofi Leaving

Sangamo Therapeutics is assuming all rights to SAR445136, an investigational gene-edited cell therapy co-developed with Sanofi and now in a Phase 1/2 trial in adults with severe sickle cell disease (SCD). Early trial data support the therapy’s safety and tolerability, and its effectiveness at raising levels of fetal hemoglobin in patients,…