- Founded
- 2015
- CEO
- Michael Parini
- Founders
- Prof. Amit Nathwani
Markus Hörer - % Shareholding
- 51%
- Stage
- Clinical
- Number of employees
- c.200
- Listed
- NASDAQ
(June 2020) - Clinical trial
- 1
Unless stated all financials at 31 December 2022
Freeline is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing transformative gene therapies for patients suffering from inherited systemic debilitating diseases.
Targeting the liver, Freeline has the potential to treat a wide range of chronic diseases. It aims to leverage the high expression enabled by its proprietary gene therapy platform, initially focusing on developing treatments for monogenic diseases with high unmet need as well as addressing diseases requiring higher protein expression which are more challenging to tackle with conventional gene therapy platforms.
Freeline’s next generation gene therapy uses Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) technology that aims to deliver best in class safe and effective gene replacement to the liver to produce sustained therapeutic protein expression for diseases like Fabry and Gaucher.
The Company’s treatment builds on the pioneering work of founder and CSO, Amit Nathwani, Professor of Haematology at UCL.
Beyond the leading target indications, Freeline plan to also use this novel proprietary capsid across their entire pipeline, which we believe reduces the risks of each subsequent pipeline programme. The company’s vision is to build and advance a pipeline of curative treatments that have the potential to restore protein production to normal levels in order to make a life-changing impact.
Investment thesis
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To deliver therapies for a broad pipeline of systemic diseases which require the delivery of high protein expression levels, with the aim of curing and transforming patients’ lives.
Unmet medical need
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Significant number of systemic diseases with genetic drivers which have poor or no treatment options
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Current standard of care in Fabry disease is Enzyme Replacement Therapy (ERT); requires regular administration, protein activity does not remain stable
Market opportunity*
- 16,000 patient opportunity in Fabry disease
- 18,000 patient opportunity in Gaucher disease
Key risks
- Highly competitive environment
- Differentiated product required
- Complex manufacturing
*Freeline corporate presentation
Key risks are Syncona team view


The Freeline Therapeutics pipeline
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FLT190 - Fabry disease
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FLT201 - Gaucher disease
Syncona team

Chris Hollowood

Michael Kyriakides
Freeline Therapeutics leaders and founders

Michael Parini
