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First ever CRISPR gene therapy approval: What happens next?

BioSpace

CRISPR gene-editing has had its first ever approval in the UK. What can patients expect the price tag to be? Will the FDA follow suit?

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#news #biotech CRISPR tagging improves accuracy of model cells grown from stem cells

BioTech 365

Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: CRISPR tagging improves accuracy of model cells grown from stem cells.A team of biomedical engineers at Duke University has created a new way to turn stem cells … Continue reading →

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Bluebird won't play off Vertex in deciding price for its lovo-cel gene therapy, exec says

Fierce Pharma

Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics are up first with a Dec. | But on Tuesday bluebird said that Vertex’s price tag will not factor into how the Massachusetts company will price its treatment. Two long-awaited treatments for sickle cell disease (SCD) are on the docket for FDA decisions next month.

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CRISPR tagging improves accuracy of model cells grown from stem cells

Scienmag

Tagging produces detailed catalog of transcription factors key to making each cell type Credit: Gersbach Lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. – A team of biomedical engineers at Duke University has created a new way to turn stem cells into a desired cell type by mastering the language of gene regulatory networks.

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Upcoming sickle cell gene therapies cost effective at $2 million, says ICER

Pharmaceutical Technology

Released on April 12, the report focuses on bluebird bio’s lovotibeglogene autotemcel and Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics’ exagamglogene autotemcel or exa-cel and their potential use in treating sickle cell disease. If approved, exa-cel would be the first FDA-approved gene therapy based on CRISPR editing.

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Lyfgenia and Casgevy Become First FDA-Approved Gene Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease

XTalks

The landmark approvals were awarded to bluebird bio’s Lyfgenia (lovo-cel) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics’ jointly developed Casgevy (exa-cel). Casgevy is also the first ever CRISPR/Cas9-based therapy approved in the US. Vertex-CRISPR’s Casgevy has a US list price of $2.2

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Q&A: A decade on, what’s next for CAR-T therapies?

Pharmaceutical Technology

But access to these treatments continues to remain limited due to high price tags and variable availability across regions. This includes the first potential approval of a CRISPR-based gene therapy called exa-cel , which is developed by CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals. There has been extremely rapid progress.