RBC Capital Downgrades Design Therapeutics Inc (DSGN) to Sector Perform 'pending further derisking'

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SVB MoffettNathanson Downgrades Design Therapeutics Inc (DSGN) to Market Perform

August 15, 2023 6:02 AM EDT

SVB MoffettNathanson analyst Joseph Schwartz downgraded Design Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: DSGN) from Outperform to Market Perform with a price target of $6.00 (from $22.00).


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Design Therapeutics (DSGN) Report Initial Data from Phase 1 Study of DT-216

August 14, 2023 4:01 PM EDT

Design Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: DSGN), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing treatments for serious degenerative genetic diseases, today reported initial results from the companys Phase 1 multiple-ascending dose (MAD) clinical trial of DT-216 in patients with Friedrich ataxia (FA). As of a data cutoff date of August 7, 2023, results showed that DT-216 was generally well-tolerated and achieved a statistically significant and dose-related increase in frataxin (FXN) mRNA levels in skeletal muscle biopsies.

FA is a multisystem degenerative disease caused by a GAA nucleotide repeat expansion in the FXN gene that impairs transcription and reduces FXN... More