GenSight Biologics S.A., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, discovers, develops, and commercializes therapies for mitochondrial and neurodegenerative retinal diseases of the eye and central nervous system. The company develops its products through gene therapy-based mitochondrial targeting sequence and optogenetics technology platforms. Its lead product candidates include LUMEVOQ (GS010), a recombinant AAV2-based gene therapy, which is in Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of leber hereditary optic neuropathy caused by a mutated ND4 gene; and GS030, which is in Phase I/II clinical trial for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa, as well as in preclinical stage to treat dry age-related macular degeneration. The company is also developing products that are in preclinical stage targeting ophthalmic and neurodegenerative diseases. It has license agreements with Sorbonne Universit├й, CNRS, Inserm and SATT Lutech; Inserm Transfert S.A, Genethon, and Harvard; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Novartis Pharma AG; Sorbonne University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Sant├й et de la Recherche M├йdicale and Satt Lutech; Association Fran├зaise contre les Myopathies, Inserm Transfert S.A; and non-exclusive license agreement with Adverum Biotechnologies. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Paris, France.