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Untangling the Complexities of Cell and Gene Therapy Clinical Trials: A Supply Chain Perspective 

Pharmaceutical Technology

By Luisa Sterkel & Joana Loureiro , Tenthpin Consultants The promise and potential of cell and gene therapies (CGT) has emerged in the recent past and currently over 1.500 CGT are registered for clinical trials holding great hope for the treatment of challenging and uncurable diseases.

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Africa: Unleashing the potential of the new superpower in clinical trials

Pharmaceutical Technology

These high rates of diseases in largely untapped patient pools, present invaluable opportunities to trial new drugs that can help people living with chronic conditions and battling serious illnesses. However, Africa currently accounts for a very low percentage of global clinical trials, with estimates putting it at approximately 2.5%.

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Overcoming inefficiencies to improve access to cell and gene therapy 

Drug Discovery World

Repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic The idea that the Covid-19 pandemic dramatically affected the CGT supply chain and upturned CGT manufacturing has dominated the conversation in the biotech sector 3. But now, the increased efficiency is likely making drug development cheaper. So what bottlenecks are making CGT so inaccessible?

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VTX-801 RECEIVES U.S. FDA FAST TRACK DESIGNATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF WILSON DISEASE

The Pharma Data

Vivet Therapeutics (“Vivet”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company, and Pfizer Inc. VTX-801 is a novel investigational gene therapy to be evaluated in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial to determine the safety, tolerability, and pharmacological activity of a single intravenous infusion in adult patients with Wilson Disease. About VTX-801.

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J&J’s Carvykti and BMS’ Abecma Win FDA Approvals for Earlier Use in Multiple Myeloma

XTalks

After backing from the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) last month, Johnson and Johnson (J&J) and Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) scored FDA approvals for the use of their B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-targeting CAR T-cell therapies as earlier line treatment options for multiple myeloma.

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A supply chain to match the changing face of science 

Drug Discovery World

Paul Viggers , Chief Commercial Officer at TrakCel, explains how it fits into the drug discovery and development sector. . 1 Emily was a seven-year-old girl who relapsed a second time following two years battling leukaemia, out of standard treatment options, and her life was saved by a CAR-T treatment in early clinical trial.