MGTX Stock Up on Upbeat Efficacy Data From Parkinson's Disease Study

MeiraGTx Holdings' (MGTX) clinical bridging study of its gene therapy candidate, AAV-GAD, for treating Parkinson's disease (PD) met its primary study objective of safety and tolerability. The stock soared 14.9% in response to the news. MGTX's PD Gene Therapy Candidate Betters Sham Treatment The MGT-GAD-025 study of AAV-GAD for PD demonstrated significant and clinically meaningful improvements from baseline for key efficacy endpoints after 26 weeks of treatment. Per the data readout, treatment with the candi ...