Myopax's mission is to transform muscle diseases through the development of cell and gene therapies for patients with high unmet medical needs by leveraging its proprietary muscle stem cell platform.
Need:
Without functioning muscle, you cannot smile, hold a cup, nor breath. Muscle weakness leads to loss of personal autonomy and premature death. Muscle disorders affect >20 million EU people and are largely untreatable. Muscle atrophy is a consequence in common diseases (e.g. trauma, critical illness), in ageing, or in rare diseases caused by gene mutations.
Technological Innovation:
MyoPax is a spin-off from the Charité Universitätsmedizin and the Max-Delbrueck-Center of the Helmholtz Association in Berlin, Germany. We are pioneering proprietary enabling technologies to source and manufacture highly regenerative muscle stem cell products with long-term treatment effect. Beyond the replacement utilization of these cells to regenerate and replenish muscle, mRNA-delivered gene correction is applied precisely and efficiently.
Therapeutic Platform:
These innovative capabilities are being deployed into clinical applications for targeted cell and gene therapies to treat the different muscle disorders (muscle defects, genetic muscular dystrophies, secondary muscle wasting). The start of the first-in-human studies is imminent.
Impact of Women TechEU:
With support from Women TechEU, MyoPax advanced its R&D and business strategy.