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AVROBIO Receives Orphan Drug Designation from the European Commission for AVR?RD?04, an Investigational Gene Therapy for Cystinosis

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04, an Investigational Gene Therapy for Cystinosis AVR-RD-04 is the third AVROBIO investigational … Continue reading → AVROBIO Receives Orphan Drug Designation from the European Commission for AVR?RD?04,

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Avrobio receives FDA rare pediatric disease status for cystinosis therapy

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Avrobio has received rare pediatric disease designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its investigational gene therapy, AVR-RD-04, designed to treat cystinosis. AVR-RD-04 works by genetically modify a patient's hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to express the gene that encodes the cystinosin protein.

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Avrobio receives orphan drug designation for Hunter syndrome gene therapy

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Avrobio has received orphan drug designation for its gene therapy, AVR-RD-05, from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPSII) or Hunter syndrome. AVR-RD-05 had previously obtained rare pediatric disease designation from the FDA.

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Ocular gene therapy biotech launches with $19M seed funding

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This month sees the launch of a new gene therapy player, Opus Genetics, a company backed and spun out by leading patient group Foundation Fighting Blindnessâ venture arm, the Retinal Degeneration Fund (RD Fund).

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Opinion: Nazi-tainted Pernkopf’s Atlas: A case for acknowledgement, not removal

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Image adapted from Pernkopf’s Atlas 3 rd Edition. Suddenly, as I was observing a beautiful illustration of the venous drainage of the brain, a name at the bottom of the screen stunned me. Read the rest…

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Avrobio to sell cystinosis gene therapy to Novartis for $87.5m

Pharmaceutical Technology

In 2022, Avrobio’s investigational gene therapy, AVR-RD-04, received a rare paediatric disease designation from the US Food and Drug Administration. The company will also provide knowledge transfer and other related services to support the programme’s transition.

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Kewaunee Scientific Reports Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2023 Kewaunee Scientific Corporation announced results for its second quarter ended October 31, 2022. Hansa Biopharma announces positive reimbursement decision in Italy for Idefirix® (imlifidase) as desensitization treatment for highly sensitized patients in kidney transplantation Hansa Biopharma announces that the Italian Medicine Agency has granted full access and reimbursement for the use of Idefirix®, the company's first-in-class treatment, for the desensitization of highly sensitized adult patients prior to kidney transplant from a deceased donor. Latest Clinicians’ U.S. Survey Identifies Point of Care Testing (POCT) as a Way to Address Healthcare Bandwidth Pressures and Anticipates Future Growth of POCT in Community Testing Centers LumiraDx Limited, a next-generation point of care diagnostics company, announced findings from its second annual “Point of Care Diagnostics: A Clinician's View” U.S. survey, designed to understand physician

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AVROBIO is planning a Phase II/III registrational trial for its Gaucher Disease Type 3 (GD3) gene therapy candidate, AVR-RD-02, in 2023.