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Joint Statement To The Global Batten Disease Community Regarding The Future Of The CLN3 And CLN6 Gene Therapy Clinical Programs Led By Amicus Therapeutics

Dear Batten community, As many of you know, we have been awaiting further news regarding the future of the CLN3 and CLN6 gene therapy clinical programs led by Amicus Therapeutics. Today, we wish to share an important update relating to…

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Neurogene Announces Business Update And 2024 Outlook, CLN5 Program Update

CLN5 Program Update Neurogene has completed enrolment of Cohorts 1 and 2 in the ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial for CLN5 Batten disease, and interim clinical data are expected in the second half of 2024. Neurogene is currently enrolling a…

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Update On The Ongoing Gene Therapy Trial For Treating CLN7 Batten Disease, Hosted By Elpida Therapeutics

Elpida Therapeutics will be hosting an open virtual meeting via Zoom on Thursday,January 18, from 3-4 p.m. EST (8-9pm UK time), to provide an update on the ongoing gene therapy trial for treating CLN7 Batten disease, which has been led…

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CLN3 Community News- November 2023

Dear CLN3 Community, Please find below some information about the ongoing research into CLN3, the Miglustat trial hopefully coming next year, and a link to the BDSRA Australia project looking to speech and language in individuals with Batten disease .…

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Regenexbio Update Meeting For CLN2 Families, Wednesday 29th Nov, 12-1pm

Dear Families, Following the news two weeks ago that Regenexbio have halted enrolment into their development programmes RGX-181 and RGX-381, the BDFA would like to invite you to a call on Wednesday 29th November at 12-1pm. This is an opportunity…

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Speech And Language In Individuals With Batten Disease (CLN2 And CLN3)- An International Study

Dear CLN2 and CLN3 families, Lottie Morison is a speech pathologist and researcher leading a project on speech and language in individuals with CLN2/CLN3. She has had an encouraging response so far but Lottie has asked if we might be able to…

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Beyond Batten Family Meeting-Phase III Batten-1 Clinical Trial, Answer Your Questions, And provide Updates On CLN3 research  

Dear families, Please find details and link below to attend a meeting being held by Beyond Batten on November 15th at 9pm GMT, giving updates on research and sites for the Batten-1 (Miglustat) Phase III clinical trial. This meeting is…

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REGENXBIO’s Investigational Gene Therapy Programs For The Treatment Of CLN2,”RGX-181″

Recently we shared some updates on REGENXBIO's investigational gene therapy programs for the treatment of CLN2 Batten disease. We are pleased to share this letter with the CLN2 Batten disease community, where REGENXBIO reports some initial interim data from a…

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International Congress On NCL, Hamburg, Germany 2023

This year the 18th International Congress on NCL was in Hamburg, Germany and was attended by our Head of Scientific Affairs, Dr Jo Nightingale. Here is her initial report. Before the main event there was a young investigators meeting and…

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BDFA Report Of The 17th NCL Meeting

Dr Joanna Nightingale attended the 17th Translational Research Conference for the Management of NCLs in Chicago, the report for families from this meeting is now available to read. Please click on the link below to read the report. If anyone…

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