Renovacor, Inc. (NYSE: RCOR), a biotechnology company focused on delivering innovative precision therapies to improve the lives of patients and families battling genetically-driven cardiovascular and mechanistically-related diseases, today announced that the results of analytical and biophysical assays conducted as part of the company’s chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) development process for REN-001 will be featured in an upcoming poster presentation at the 29^th European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ESGCT) Congress. The congress is taking place from October 11 – 14, 2022, at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland.

REN-001 is an AAV-based gene therapy targeting BAG3-associated dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a severe form of heart failure. The upcoming poster (P046), titled, “Analytical and biophysical characterization of a rAAV9 vector for in-vivo gene therapy to treat dilated cardiomyopathy,” will be presented from 5:30 – 7:15 p.m. British Summer Time on October 14, 2022. The poster’s presenting author is Angela Mohs, Ph.D., Director of Analytical Development at Renovacor.

About Renovacor

Renovacor is a biotechnology company focused on delivering innovative precision therapies to improve the lives of patients and families battling genetically-driven cardiovascular and mechanistically-related diseases. The company’s lead program in BAG3-associated dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) uses gene transfer technology to address the monogenic cause of this severe form of heart failure. Renovacor’s vision is to bring life-changing therapies to patients living with serious genetic cardiovascular and related diseases, by developing medicines that target the underlying cause of disease and provide a transformative benefit and significant improvement to quality of life.

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