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VIDEO: Spark Therapeutics announces genetic testing initiative

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CHICAGO — At the Ophthalmology Innovation Summit here, Jeffrey D. Marrazzo, chief executive officer of Spark Therapeutics, discusses a new initiative by Spark to provide physicians and patients access to genetic testing for more than 30 genes linked to certain forms of inherited retinal diseases. The initiative is called the Identify Your Inherited Retinal Disease, or ID YOUR IRD.