Spark Therapeutics to Host Conference Call on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 8:30 a.m. to Discuss 2016 Results

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spark Therapeutics ONCE, a fully integrated gene therapy company dedicated to challenging the inevitability of genetic disease, will host a conference call on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at 8:30 a.m. EST to discuss corporate and financial results for the year that ended Dec. 31, 2016. 

The call can be accessed by dialing (855) 851-4526 (domestic) or (720) 634-2901 (international), and entering passcode 69899623. To access a live audio webcast, please visit the "Investors" section at www.sparktx.com.

A replay of the call will be available for one week following the call and can be accessed by dialing (855) 859-2056 (domestic) or (404) 537-3406 (international), and entering passcode 69899623, or by visiting the "Investors" section at www.sparktx.com.

About Spark Therapeutics
Spark Therapeutics, a fully integrated company, strives to challenge the inevitability of genetic disease by discovering, developing, and delivering gene therapies that address inherited retinal diseases (IRDs), neurodegenerative diseases, as well as diseases that can be addressed by targeting the liver. Our validated platform successfully has delivered proof-of-concept data with investigational gene therapies in the retina and liver. Our most advanced investigational candidate, voretigene neparvovec, in development for the treatment of biallelic RPE65-mediated IRD, has received orphan designations in the U.S. and European Union, and breakthrough therapy designation in the U.S. The pipeline also includes SPK-7001 in a Phase 1/2 trial for choroideremia, and two hemophilia development programs: SPK-9001 (which also has received both breakthrough therapy and orphan product designations) in a Phase 1/2 trial for hemophilia B being developed in collaboration with Pfizer, and SPK-8011, in a Phase 1/2 trial for hemophilia A to which Spark Therapeutics retains global commercialization rights. To learn more about us and our growing pipeline, visit www.sparktx.com.

Investor Contact:
Ryan Asay
Ryan.asay@sparktx.com
(215) 239-6424

Media Contact:
Monique da Silva
Monique.dasilva@sparktx.com
215-282-7470