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MeiraGTx Holdings Plc (MeiraGTx) is a clinical-stage genetic medicine company that develops genetic therapies for rare diseases. The company’s pipeline products including AAV-hAQP1 for radiation-induced xerostomia, sjogren’s disease, PSMA radioligand xerostomia prophylaxis and treatment; AAV-GAD which treats parkinson's disease; AAV-UPF1 and AAV-CNTFR for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; AAV-AIPL1 which targets congenital blindness; AAV-ABCA4 for the treatment of Stargardt’s disease; and AAV-BDNF which treats genetic obesity, among others. Its therapeutic areas include salivary gland, neurodegenerative disease, ophthalmology, riboswitch regulated therapies, and genetic obesity. The company operates in the US, the UK and Ireland. MeiraGTx is headquartered in New York, the US.
Products and Services
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| Pipeline |
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| Radiation-Induced Xerostomia |
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History
History section provides information on new products, mergers, acquisitions, expansions, approvals, and many more key events.
| Year | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Contracts/Agreements | In April, the company signed an agreement with Johnson & Johnson to acquire botaretigene sparoparvovec (bota-vec), an investigational therapy for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP). |
| 2025 | Contracts/Agreements | In March, the company announced a broad strategic collaboration with Hologen Limited, a world-leading developer of multi-modal generative AI foundation models of real-world clinical data for clinical medicine and pharmaceutical drug development. |
| 2020 | Acquisitions/Mergers/Takeovers | In April, the company acquired Emrys Bio Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. |
Competitor Comparison
| Key Parameters | MeiraGTx Holdings Plc | Biogen Inc | 4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc | Voyager Therapeutics Inc | Brain Neurotherapy Bio Inc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | United States of America | United States of America | United States of America | United States of America | United States of America |
| City | New York City | Cambridge | Emeryville | Lexington | Columbus |
| State/Province | New York | Massachusetts | California | Massachusetts | Ohio |
| No. of Employees | 403 | 7,500 | 196 | 141 | - |
| Entity Type | Public | Public | Public | Public | Private |
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Executives
| Name | Position | Board | Since | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith R. Harris, Ph.D. | Chairman | Executive Board | 2015 | 73 |
| Alexandria Forbes, Ph.D. | Director; President; Chief Executive Officer | Executive Board | 2015 | 61 |
| Richard Giroux | Chief Operating Officer; Chief Financial Officer | Senior Management | 2019 | 53 |
| Robert K. Zeldin, M.D. | Chief Medical Officer | Senior Management | 2020 | 61 |
| Robert J. Wollin | Secretary; General Counsel | Senior Management | 2020 | 50 |
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| Non Dignissim Eros | Proin vel | Convallis | 2026 | XY |
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