Lexeo Therapeutics Granted FDA Fast Track Designation and Orphan Drug Designation for LX2020, an AAV-Based Gene Therapy Candidate for PKP2 Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy (ACM)

NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lexeo Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:LXEO), a clinical stage genetic medicine company dedicated to pioneering treatments for genetically defined cardiovascular diseases and APOE4-associated Alzheimer’s disease, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation and Orphan Drug designation to LX2020, the company’s AAVrh10-based gene therapy candidate designed to intravenously deliver a functional PKP2 gene to cardiac muscle for the treatment of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) caused by mutations in the PKP2 gene (PKP2-ACM).

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