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10 Key Learnings from Successful Cellular and Gene Therapy Trials for Rare Diseases

XTalks

Approximately 72 percent of rare diseases are genetic, and around 70 percent of rare genetic diseases emerge in childhood. The webinar included operational strategies for these trials from Laura Omoboni, MS, Executive Director of Clinical Trial Management. Rare diseases can often be progressive, chronic and fatal.

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The regulatory round-up: Eight key FDA decisions

Drug Discovery World

Read more: FDA Fast Track Designation for retinitis pigmentosa treatment Drug candidate for TUBB4a leukodystrophy, SynaptixBio The FDA has granted Rare Paediatric Disease (RPD) Designation to SynaptixBio’s drug candidate for TUBB4a leukodystrophy – a genetic and debilitating condition which mainly affects babies and young children.

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Are organ-chips the future of preclinical research?

Drug Discovery World

Organ-chips combine cell culture with microfluidics to emulate the biological forces of different organ tissues and/or disease states, allowing pharmaceutical researchers to determine a drug candidates’ efficacy and toxicity ahead of clinical trials. Could organ-chips replace other research methods? Not yet, according to Ewart.

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Overcoming diverging regulatory expectations to bring CGTs to market

Drug Discovery World

For example, the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) 3 , which regulates biological products for human use, differentiates between in vivo gene therapy (new genes are inserted into the body to target cells) and ex vivo gene therapy (cells are modified outside the body and then administered back into the patient).

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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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Lysogene Reports Positive Biomarker Data With LYS-SAF302

The Pharma Data

PARIS–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Regulatory News: Lysogene (FR0013233475 – LYS) (Paris:LYS), a phase 3 gene therapy platform company targeting central nervous system (CNS) diseases, today reports positive biomarker data from the ongoing AAVance clinical trial with LYS-SAF302 for the treatment of MPS IIIA (NCT03612869).

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Fighting viruses is as easy as breathing

The Pharma Data

Data from the research were recently included in the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the FDA to initiate a Phase 2 clinical trial for COVID-19. Data from the research were recently included in the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the FDA to initiate a Phase 2 clinical trial for COVID-19.