Avalanche has developed a proprietary drug delivery system which uses the body's own cells to produce therapeutic protein on an ongoing basis after only a single injection This, in effect, creates a "BioFactoryTM" in the patient's eye to treat wet AMD.
October 1, 2012
The first grant, funded through the SBIR program with Dr. Thomas W. Chalberg as Principal Investigator, is geared toward pre-clinical development of anti-VEGF vectors for diabetic macular edema. The second grant investigates Avalanche’s delivery technology in animal models of glaucoma; this grant was funded through the STTR program and is being coordinated by Avalanche in collaboration with Cornell Weill Medical College, with Dr. Anna-Maria Demetriades as Principal Investigator... Read More
