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FDA approves first in vivo gene insertion programme in infants

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iECURE has been given the go-ahead to begin US trials of its investigational gene editing-based therapy in newborn males with neonatal onset Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency. The post FDA approves first in vivo gene insertion programme in infants appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Intellia Gets FDA Clearance to Start First Ever Phase III Trial for an In Vivo CRISPR Drug

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Clinical-stage genome editing company Intellia Therapeutics has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Investigational New Drug (IND) application to start a pivotal phase III trial of NTLA-2001 for the treatment of transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.

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Verve gets FDA green light to run base editing study in US

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The trial, which is ongoing in the U.K. since late last year as the FDA sought more details on Verve’s in vivo treatment for heart disease. and New Zealand, has been on hold in the U.S.

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FDA clears in vivo gene editing therapy for trials in US

Drug Discovery World

The post FDA clears in vivo gene editing therapy for trials in US appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW). Intellia’s multi-national Phase I/II study is evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of NTLA-2002 in adults with Type I or Type II HAE.

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Intellia, Regeneron ace first trial with ‘in vivo’ CRISPR drug

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Preliminary results from a phase 1 trial run by Regeneron and CRISPR specialist Intellia Therapeutics – co-founded by Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna – showed steep reductions in a biomarker of ATTR amyloidosis disease activity with a single dose of the NTLA-2001 drug. — Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 26, 2021.

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Prime Medicine Gets FDA Okay for First Trial of Gene Editing Technique

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The FDA has cleared a clinical trial of an ex vivo prime editing candidate in patients with a rare disease, Prime Medicine announced Monday. The technique taps CRISPR technology to rewrite defective genes without breaking DNA double helix strands.

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Single-course in vivo base editing therapy proven to lower cholesterol

Drug Discovery World

A Phase Ib trial has shown low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reductions up to 55% and blood PCSK9 protein reductions up to 84% after a single infusion of Verve Therapeutics’ Verve-101. FH is one of the most common genetic conditions, affecting around one in 300 people globally.

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