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Frequency Therapeutics discontinues hearing programs, cuts 55% staff after Phase 2b miss, shifts to MS remyelination
Korro Bio, Inc.
- FX-322-208 Phase 2b for hearing loss failed primary endpoint; company ends both FX-322 and FX-345 programs.
- New focus on MS remyelination program; targets clinical development initiation in first half of 2024.
- Restructuring reduces workforce by ~55%, completed by end of April 2023; cash runway extended into 2025.
- Q4 2022 net loss $17.4M; full year net loss $81.6M; cash, equivalents & marketable securities $83.1M at Dec 31, 2022.
- CEO David Lucchino returned from medical leave on March 1, 2023 and resumed all prior duties.