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ProQR soars as childhood blindness drug succeeds in early trial

Shares of ProQR Therapeutics NV surged 70 percent in premarket trading on Tuesday after an interim analysis of an early-stage trial showed that its experimental treatment for a rare form of childhood blindness improved vision. The Dutch drug developer said it would now stop enrollments for the small study and progress to a mid-stage trial, which is expected to start in the first half of 2019.