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Novartis-linked startup launches with technology designed to remove ‘destroy’ tags on helpful proteins

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Vicinitas and its protein-stabilizing research have attracted $65 million from a group of investors that includes a16z, Deerfield and GV.

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bluebird bio wins back-to-back landmark FDA approvals for first-in-class gene therapies

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Spark Therapeutics’ Luxturna, indicated for inherited retinal disease (IRD), was the first gene therapy to be approved, in 2017, with a price tag of $850,000 for each eye. bluebird then broke its own pricing record when the $3m Skysona was approved, and now faces the unique challenge of selling the world's two most expensive drugs.

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Free access to Zolgensma curbed, says Novartis

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Novartis’ programme providing free access to its spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) gene therapy Zolgensma is being scaled back to a dozen countries worldwide, according to the company. That comes to an end today however, as Novartis is winnowing down the countries where the gMAP pathway will be available. Pause in UK access.

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FDA gives AbbVie’s c-Met lung cancer ADC a breakthrough tag

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Other drugmakers have been looking at Met as a target in cancer, including Novartis, Merck KgAA and Hutchmed, which have all bagged regulatory approvals for oral therapies that target NSCLC harbouring a specific mutation in Met known as exon 14 skipping which affects about 3% to 4% of NSCLC patients.

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NICE says yes to Novartis’ multiple sclerosis therapy Kesimpta

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Novartis has secured backing from NICE for its relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) therapy Kesimpta in the UK, just two weeks after the drug was approved by the national drugs regulator. . Novartis took ownership of the drug in 2015. The post NICE says yes to Novartis’ multiple sclerosis therapy Kesimpta appeared first on.

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NICE reaches a deal with Roche on access to oral SMA drug Evrysdi

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The agreement has been hailed by patient associations, as it adds to current treatment options for the progressive muscle wasting disease – Biogen’s injectable Spinraza (nusinersen) and one-shot gene therapy with Novartis’ Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) – which are also backed by NICE.

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Leading innovators in peptide nano-particle conjugates for the pharmaceutical industry

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Innovation S-curve for the pharmaceutical industry Peptide nano-particle conjugates is a key innovation area in the pharmaceutical industry By tagging peptides with nanoparticles, peptide nano-particle conjugates allow enhanced control over their biological behaviour, overcoming intrinsic limitations of the individual materials.

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