Camp4 Therapeutics Corp

We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the discovery and development of a new class of RNA-targeting therapeutics with the goal of upregulating gene expression and restoring healthy protein levels to treat a broad range of genetic diseases. Our lead product candidate, CMP-002, has the potential to be the first disease-modifying therapy for the treatment of synaptic Ras GTPase activating protein 1 ( SYNGAP1 )-related disorder, or SYNGAP1, a severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathy ( DEE ) characterized by seizures, developmental delays, and cognitive impairments. SYNGAP1 is caused by haploinsufficiency of the SYNGAP1 gene, where mutation of one gene copy results in a reduction in functional SYNGAP protein levels of up to 50%. While we believe that it remains underdiagnosed, we estimate that there are approximately 21,000 individuals living with SYNGAP1 in the United States and the five largest European markets. There are no approved disease-modifying therapies for SYNGAP1. CMP-002 is a novel, intrathecally delivered antisense oligonucleotide ( ASO ) designed to increase SYGNAP1 gene expression at the transcriptional level, which may increase SYNGAP protein levels in amounts sufficient to yield therapeutic benefit. In preclinical studies, intracerebroventricular injection of CMP-002 restored SYNGAP protein levels to near normal range in haploinsufficient mice carrying a single copy of the human SYNGAP1 gene after a single dose and rescued motor defects and spatial learning defects following two doses.