Our Opinion

Akouos Inc. is on the Cruelty Free Investing use of animals list because they conduct pre-clinical studies of their drugs on animals to assess a product’s safety profile.

Supporting Evidence:

The company stated in the following report that they exploit animals for product testing.

“Multiple independent investigations have shown increased hair cell transduction efficiency of AAVAnc80 relative to other AAV capsids in mouse and non-human primate models” (Page 7) Read the full document

Company Description

Akouos Inc. is a precision genetic medicine company. The Company is focused on developing gene therapies with the potential to restore, improve, and preserve high-acuity physiologic hearing for people worldwide who live with disabling hearing loss.

Company Website: https://akouos.com