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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On February 24, 2023, Orchard Therapeutics plc issued a press release titled "Orchard Therapeutics Announces Presentation of Updated Integrated Analysis of OTL-200 in MLD and Reports Progress with Newborn Screening Efforts at the 19th Annual WORLDSymposium." A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Frank E. Thomas |
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Exhibit 99.1
Orchard Therapeutics Announces Presentation of Updated Integrated Analysis of OTL-200 in MLD and Reports Progress with Newborn Screening Efforts at the 19th Annual WORLDSymposium™
Administration of one-time gene therapy resulted in statistically significant improvement in severe motor impairment-free survival with up to 11 years of follow-up (median 6.15 years)
Composite primary endpoint used in analysis was developed through ongoing discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and has been agreed to as clinically meaningful
Three genetically confirmed cases of MLD following screening of 96,000 newborns globally to date
BOSTON and LONDON, February 24, 2023, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orchard Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ORTX), a global gene therapy leader, today announced long-term results from an updated integrated analysis of 39 patients with metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) treated with investigational OTL-200 in the clinical development program. The data are being presented at the ongoing 19th Annual WORLDSymposium™ taking place February 22-26, 2023, in Orlando, Florida.
“MLD is a devastating and ultimately fatal disease that robs children of the ability to walk, talk and engage with the world around them,” said Dr. Francesca Fumagalli, a consulting neurologist at the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget) and Ospedale San Raffaele, and the presenting author of the updated integrated analysis. “In its most severe form, untreated patients typically pass away within five years of symptom onset. These data, which now encompass more than 10 years of follow up in the earliest treated patients, represent a significant step forward in the treatment of MLD and highlight the potential long-term benefits of HSC gene therapy for these children and their families.”
Thirty-nine pediatric patients with early-onset MLD, enrolled in two prospective non-randomized clinical studies (n=30) or treated under expanded access frameworks (n=9), were administered OTL-200 and compared with natural history data from 48 untreated patients. All treated patients were administered OTL-200 and subsequently monitored at Ospedale San Raffaele in Milan, Italy.
“These are compelling results that add to the compendium of evidence underscoring the potential of our HSC gene therapy approach to end the devastation caused by severe genetic diseases with a single treatment,” said Bobby Gaspar, M.D., Ph.D., chief executive officer of Orchard Therapeutics. “Importantly, the primary endpoint of severe motor impairment-free survival utilized in this updated integrated analysis was developed through our ongoing discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and has been agreed to as clinically meaningful. We look forward to continuing working with the agency on leveraging these expanded clinical results to support a potential approval of OTL-200 in the U.S.”
At the time of the updated integrated analyses (median follow-up 6.15 years, range 0.64-11.03 years), results from treated patients showed:
Efficacy
Safety
Summary of Additional WORLDSymposium™ Data Presentations
In total, four oral presentations and 11 posters from across the company’s neurometabolic portfolio are being featured at the 19th Annual WORLDSymposium™.
In addition to the updated integrated analysis, there are multiple presentations highlighting various newborn screening efforts to support the timely and accurate diagnosis of MLD. To date, there have been three genetically confirmed cases of MLD after screening of 96,000 newborns globally. One of these cases has been assessed clinically and referred for treatment with Libmeldy® (atidarsagene autotemcel) with the other two more recently identified patients pending clinical assessment.
Furthermore, there are several investigator-initiated presentations detailing results of patients treated with OTL-200 in Europe, the U.S. and South America on compassionate use basis with drug product supplied from a European commercial manufacturer, demonstrating the potential for global supply from a centralized cGMP manufacturing site, as well as an encore clinical data presentation from the company’s investigational hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy OTL-201 for MPS-IIIA.
About MLD
MLD is a rare and life-threatening inherited disease of the body’s metabolic system estimated to occur in approximately one in every 100,000 live births based on existing literature. MLD is caused by a mutation in the arylsulfatase-A (ARSA) gene that results in the accumulation of sulfatides in the brain and other areas of the body, including the liver, gallbladder, kidneys, and/or spleen. Over time, the nervous system is damaged, leading to neurological problems such as motor, behavioral and cognitive regression, severe spasticity and seizures. Patients with MLD gradually lose the ability to move, talk, swallow, eat and see. In its late infantile form, mortality at five years from onset is estimated at 50 percent and 44 percent at 10 years for juvenile patients.i
About Libmeldy / OTL-200
Libmeldy (atidarsagene autotemcel), also known as OTL-200, has been approved by the European Commission for the treatment of metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) in eligible early-onset patients
characterized by biallelic mutations in the ARSA gene leading to a reduction of the ARSA enzymatic activity in children with i) late infantile or early juvenile forms, without clinical manifestations of the disease, or ii) the early juvenile form, with early clinical manifestations of the disease, who still have the ability to walk independently and before the onset of cognitive decline. Libmeldy is the first therapy approved for eligible patients with early-onset MLD.
The most common adverse reaction attributed to treatment with Libmeldy was the occurrence of anti-ARSA antibodies. In addition to the risks associated with the gene therapy, treatment with Libmeldy is preceded by other medical interventions, namely bone marrow harvest or peripheral blood mobilization and apheresis, followed by myeloablative conditioning, which carry their own risks. During the clinical studies of Libmeldy, the safety profiles of these interventions were consistent with their known safety and tolerability.
For more information about Libmeldy, please see the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) available on the EMA website.
Libmeldy is approved in the European Union, UK, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. OTL-200 is an investigational therapy in the U.S.
Libmeldy was developed in partnership with the San Raffaele-Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget) in Milan, Italy.
About Orchard Therapeutics
At Orchard Therapeutics, our vision is to end the devastation caused by genetic and other severe diseases. We aim to do this by discovering, developing and commercializing new treatments that tap into the curative potential of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy. In this approach, a patient’s own blood stem cells are genetically modified outside of the body and then reinserted, with the goal of correcting the underlying cause of disease in a single treatment.
In 2018, the company acquired GSK’s rare disease gene therapy portfolio, which originated from a pioneering collaboration between GSK and the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy in Milan, Italy. Today, Orchard is advancing a pipeline spanning pre-clinical, clinical and commercial stage HSC gene therapies designed to address serious diseases where the burden is immense for patients, families and society and current treatment options are limited or do not exist.
Orchard has its global headquarters in London and U.S. headquarters in Boston. For more information, please visit www.orchard-tx.com, and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements that are not statements of historical facts are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include express or implied statements relating to, among other things, the likelihood that further data will be positive or that MLD screen positive cases will be confirmed clinically. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Orchard’s control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in these
forward-looking statements. In particular, these risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the risk that prior results, including signals of safety and efficacy, will not be replicated or will not continue in ongoing or future studies and the risk that long-term adverse safety findings may be discovered. Given these uncertainties, the reader is advised not to place any undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.
Other risks and uncertainties faced by Orchard include those identified under the heading "Risk Factors" in Orchard’s most recent annual or quarterly report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as well as subsequent filings and reports filed with the SEC. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release reflect Orchard’s views as of the date hereof, and Orchard does not assume and specifically disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
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iMahmood et al. Metachromatic Leukodystrophy: A Case of Triplets with the Late Infantile Variant and a Systematic Review of the Literature. Journal of Child Neurology 2010, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/0883073809341669
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