Applied Genetic Technologies Corp is a United States-based clinical stage biotechnology company. The Company develops gene therapy products for the treatment of inherited and acquired diseases. Its products are used to treat Alpha One Antitrypsin Deficiency (Alpha-1), a respiratory disease caused by deficiencies in the tissue protective protein alpha one antitrypsin; and Lebers congenital amaurosis, an inherited condition causing early blindness. Its products also used to treat X-linked retinoschisis, an inherited form of retinal degeneration affecting young males with poor vision either in infancy or at school age; and achromatopsia, an inherited condition that is associated with color blindness, visual acuity loss, and extreme light sensitivity resulting in daytime blindness.