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AavantiBio and Catalent Announce Partnership to Support Development and Manufacturing of Gene Therapies for Rare Genetic Diseases

Pharma Mirror

Catalent will provide process development and CGMP manufacturing of AavantiBio’s adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector-based therapeutic candidate for use in clinical trials in the U.S. and Europe. Catalent will further support process optimization and look to reduce material.

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Leveraging Genetic Testing for Enrolling Rare Disease Trials

Worldwide Clinical Trials

Much of what we discuss I covered in my presentation, “Leveraging Genetics to Support Rare Disease Clinical Trials,” at last year’s World Orphan Drug Congress (WODC) EU. In my capstone, I focused on how, if, and when genetic counselors discuss clinical trials with their patients in the context of a counseling session.

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Why early participant engagement is now a top priority in genetic disease research

pharmaphorum

Pharmaceutical companies and biotechs are also adapting their approaches, launching patient finding and engagement programmes that can start years before clinical trials begin and allow them to run ‘recontact by genotype’ studies that the Resilience Project would have liked to do. Giving participants something in return.

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Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium Selects 8 Rare Diseases for Clinical Trial Portfolio

XTalks

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) announced this week that the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium (AMP BGTC) has selected eight rare diseases for its clinical trial portfolio.

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Astellas Sees Path Forward for Gene Therapy Despite Four Patient Deaths

BioSpace

The Japanese pharma contends that an analysis of the four deaths in its AT132 gene therapy clinical trial shows it is still viable as a potential treatment for a fatal, rare genetic disease.

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LifeArc provides £750,000 fund for clinical trial to treat neuroferritinopathy

Pharma Times

The progressive and incurable brain disorder currently affects approximately 100 patients worldwide

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STAT+: FDA approves first treatment for Rett syndrome, a genetic neurological disease

STAT News

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first treatment for Rett syndrome, a genetic disease mostly affecting girls that causes severe neurologic impairments, robbing them of the ability to communicate or control muscle movement. The new drug, called Daybue, is made by Acadia Pharmaceuticals.