About us

Developing next generation vectors to provide safe, efficacious, and affordable therapies to patients with severe localized chronic diseases.

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Company

EG 427 is a French biotechnology company that is pioneering a new approach called pinpoint gene therapy.

Our unique, non-replicative Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 (HSV-1) based vector platform delivers, with pinpoint precision, highly selective, durable expression of disease modifying transgenes for use in the treatment of peripheral nervous system disorders and beyond. Our research capability is focussed on ensuring our powerful platform approach has wide applicability, with potential for many products across several therapeutic areas with severe unmet medical needs.

Our first targets in the peripheral nervous system are Type C sensory neurons. Our lead asset, EG110A, targeting these neurons, is in preclinical development for the treatment of neurogenic bladder dysfunction, also called NDO. It is expected to be in the clinic by early 2024. Our revolutionary approach to the treatment of NDO aims to provide patients with a comprehensive, long-term solution to their bladder management, through a highly selective molecular surgery approach overcoming the significant drawbacks of the current standard of care.

Philippe Chambon, MD, PhD

Philippe Chambon, MD, PhD

Founder, Chairman & CEO >
Alberto Epstein, PhD

Alberto Epstein, PhD

Founder & CSO >
Cornelia Haag-Molkenteller, MD, PhD

Cornelia Haag-Molkenteller, MD, PhD

CMO >
Samuel Salot, MSc, MBA

Samuel Salot, MSc, MBA

COO >
Don Haut, PhD

Don Haut, PhD

CBO >
Mikael Contrastin, MSc

Mikael Contrastin, MSc

VP Strategy & BD >
François Giuliano, MD, PhD

François Giuliano, MD, PhD

Co-founder >
Pierre Denys, MD, PhD

Pierre Denys, MD, PhD

Co-founder >
Charles Joussain, MD, PhD

Charles Joussain, MD, PhD

Co-founder >
Philippe Chambon

Philippe Chambon

Founder, Chairman & CEO >
David Lamond

David Lamond

President of En Pointe LLC, investor >
François Anger

François Anger

Former President of Addmedica >
Stéphane Boissel

Stéphane Boissel

Independent board member >
Sundar Kodiyalam

Sundar Kodiyalam

Independent board member >
Pierre Denys

Pierre Denys

Co-founder >
Ralph Laufer

Ralph Laufer

Independent board member >
Prof. Lynn W. Enquist, PhD

Prof. Lynn W. Enquist, PhD

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Prof. Samuel Rabkin, PhD

Prof. Samuel Rabkin, PhD

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Prof. David J. Fink, MD

Prof. David J. Fink, MD

>
Dr. Gregory A. Smith, PhD

Dr. Gregory A. Smith, PhD

>

Heritage

Our HQ and labs are in Paris, France, where we were founded, in 2019, by a world-renowned team in the field of HSV-1 vectorology and spinal cord injury-related disorders. 

Foundational research started in 2013 through a pan-European project including Universities in Versailles, France, Ferrara, Italy, and Madrid, Spain, with the goal, from the very beginning, to use the natural properties of HSV-1 as a gene therapy vector to treat neurogenic bladder disorder. This project was funded with over Euro 3 million by the European commission, the French government, SATT Paris-Saclay, and Wings for Life, a foundation dedicated to medical research on spinal cord associated diseases. EG 427 secured a worldwide exclusive license on all resulting Intellectual Property at inception of the company.

We have raised over USD 15 million, including from our Series A in 2021.

Partnerships

We believe that our uniquely flexible platform can be applied to multiple in vivo and ex vivo approaches and are looking to explore this potential through partnerships with the pharma and biotech industry.

Examples of possible indications connected to PNS:

Chronic local pain
Sensory disorders
Autonomic disorders
Neuromuscular diseases
Gene editing
and beyond...

Academic collaborations

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