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

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease, approving two on the same day. The landmark approvals were awarded to bluebird bio’s Lyfgenia (lovo-cel) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics’ jointly developed Casgevy (exa-cel).

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Bluebird’s $2.8M Gene Therapy Zynteglo Wins Landmark FDA Approval for Beta Thalassemia

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Bluebird bio’s gene therapy Zynteglo (betibeglogene autotemcel, beti-cel) has been awarded a much anticipated approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with beta thalassemia who need regular blood transfusions. thalassemia (TDT) in the field of gene therapy.

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How to advance AAV-based gene therapies

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Sara Donnelly, Director of Research Planning and Business Development at PhoenixBio USA explores why the right pre-clinical model is essential for teams wanting to advance adeno-associated virus vector-based gene therapies.

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FDA Approves Gene Therapy Adstiladrin for the Treatment of Bladder Cancer

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Ferring Pharmaceuticals announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Adstiladrin (nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg) for the treatment of adult patients with high-risk Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without papillary tumors.

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Sarepta’s Elevidys Reaches Finish Line as First Gene Therapy Approved for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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Gene therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) have been an area of intense research and Sarepta’s Elevidys is now the first one to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). DMD is caused by the absence of dystrophin, a protein that helps maintain the integrity of muscle cells.

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First UK patient joins Pfizer’s phase 3 DMD gene therapy trial

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The first UK patient has enrolled on Pfizer’s phase 3 trial for its Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene therapy. The first patient was recruited in The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, one of three UK sites for the clinical trial and part of 55 globally, across 15 countries.

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Rocket Pharmaceuticals’ RP-A601 receives FDA designations

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Rocket Pharmaceuticals has received fast track and orphan drug designations for RP-A601 from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat plakophilin-2-related arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (PKP2-ACM). In April 2023, the FDA approved the investigational new drug (IND) application for RP-A601 to begin a Phase I clinical trial.