The FDA clinical hold covers two Phase 3 studies for nexiguran ziclumeran, or nex-z, an experimental gene-editing therapy for transthyretin amyloidosis. Nex-z uses the CRISPR gene-editing technology to inactivate the gene that codes for the protein driving this rare disease.
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