Sangamo Therapeutics

Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. (previously known as Sangamo Biosciences, Inc.) is an American biotechnology company based in Brisbane, California. It applies cell and gene therapy to combat haemophilia and other genetic diseases.^[2]

Sangamo Therapeutics

Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: SGMO Russell 2000 Index component
Industry	Biotechnology
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Brisbane, California, US
Key people	Sandy Macrae (CEO) Edward Rebar (CTO)
Revenue	$111.3 million[1] (2022)
Operating income	-$201.281 million[1] (2022)
Net income	$192.3 million[1] (2022)
Total assets	$562.5 million[1] (2022)
Total equity	$294.958 million[1] (2022)
Number of employees	354
Website	sangamo.com
Footnotes / references [1]

President and CEO Sandy Macrae in 2018

History

The company was founded in 1995 in Richmond, California.^[3] It was originally known as Sangamo Biosciences, Inc. before changing names in 2017. In September 2018, it had 182 employees.^[3] Sandy Macrae is the president.^[4] In 2018, Edward Rebar became the senior vice president and chief technology officer of Sangamo.^[5]

Research

Sangamo applies technology to treat haemophilia B and lysosomal storage diseases including mucopolysaccharidosis type I (Hurler Syndrome) and mucopolysaccharidosis type II (Hunter Syndrome). The FDA granted Sangamo fast track designation for SB-525, a gene therapy candidate for haemophilia A. In its partnership with Pfizer in 2017,^[6] Sangamo uses Bioverativ in hemoglobinopathies such as beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease.^[2] It is also developing zinc finger gene editing technology.^[7]

In February 2019, medical scientists, working with Sangamo Therapeutics, announced the first ever "in body" human gene editing therapy to permanently alter DNA - in a patient with Hunter syndrome.^[8] As of February 2019^[update] clinical trials by Sangamo involving gene editing using zinc finger nuclease were ongoing.^[9]

Clinical trials

Sangamo's programs are a mix of wholly owned and partnered; major partners include Pfizer, Biogen, Sanofi, Takeda, and Kite (a Gilead company).^{[10][2][11][12]}

As of 2020 Sangamo had the following clinical trials underway in the US:

• Phase 1/2 Thales study in beta thalassemia^[13]
• Phase 1/2 STAAR study in Fabry disease^[14]
• Phase 1/2 PRECIZN-1 study in sickle cell disease^[15]
• Phase 1/2 CHAMPIONS study in MPS II^[16]
• Phase 1/2 EMPOWERS study in MPS I^[17]
• Phase 1/2 Alta study in hemophilia A^[18]
• Phase 1 FIXTENDZ study in hemophilia B^[19]

In February 2023, Sangamo Therapeutics announced that it would stop the late-stage development for the Phase 1/2 PRECIZN-1 study of BIVV003 its sickle cell drug.^[20]

See also

• Alan Wolffe

References

1. "Sangamo Therapeutics Reports Recent Business Highlights and Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results". Sangamo. February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
2. McConaghie, Andrew (May 17, 2017). "Sangamo and new gene therapy partner Pfizer lifted by FDA fast track". Pharmaphorum. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
3. "Sangamo Therapeutics Inc. (SGMO) Moves Higher on Volume Spike for September 04". Equities. September 8, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
4. Ledford, Heidi (September 5, 2018). "First test of in-body gene editing shows promise". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-018-06195-6. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 92840885.
5. "Sangamo Therapeutics appoints Edward Rebar as senior vice president". Post Online Media. Richmond, California. July 16, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
6. "SANGAMO THERAPEUTICS AND PFIZER ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION FOR HEMOPHILIA A GENE THERAPY | Pfizer". www.pfizer.com. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
7. Renauer, Cory (September 6, 2018). "Sangamo's Zinc Fingers Fail Again. Time to Walk Away?". The Motley Fool. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
8. Marchione, Marilyn (February 7, 2019). "Tests suggest scientists achieved 1st 'in body' gene editing". AP News. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
9. Staff (February 2, 2019). "Ascending Dose Study of Genome Editing by the Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) Therapeutic SB-913 in Subjects With MPS II". ClinicalTrials.gov. U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
10. "SGMO.OQ - Sangamo Therapeutics Inc Profile | Reuters". SGMO.OQ - Sangamo Therapeutics Inc Profile | Reuters. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
11. "Sangamo shares jump on Pfizer, Sanofi (and its own) gene, cell therapy updates". FierceBiotech. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
12. "Exciting new Huntingtin lowering tool described - HDBuzz - Huntington's disease research news". en.hdbuzz.net. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
13. "A Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of ST-400 for Treatment of Transfusion-Dependent Beta-thalassemia (TDT) - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov". clinicaltrials.gov. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
14. "Dose-Ranging Study of ST-920, a rAAV2/6 Human Alpha Galactosidase A Gene Therapy in Subjects With Fabry Disease - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov". clinicaltrials.gov. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
15. "A Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of BIVV003 for Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients With Severe Sickle Cell Disease - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov". clinicaltrials.gov. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
16. "Ascending Dose Study of Genome Editing by the Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) Therapeutic SB-913 in Subjects With MPS II - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov". clinicaltrials.gov. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
17. "Ascending Dose Study of Genome Editing by the Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) Therapeutic SB-318 in Subjects With MPS I - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov". clinicaltrials.gov. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
18. "Dose-Ranging Study of Recombinant AAV2/6 Human Factor 8 Gene Therapy SB-525 in Subjects With Severe Hemophilia A - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov". clinicaltrials.gov. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
19. "Ascending Dose Study of Genome Editing by Zinc Finger Nuclease Therapeutic SB-FIX in Subjects With Severe Hemophilia B - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov". clinicaltrials.gov. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
20. "Sangamo shelves sickle cell therapy, joining rivals forced to rethink development plans". Fierce Biotech. February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2023.

External links

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