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Single-course in vivo base editing therapy proven to lower cholesterol

Drug Discovery World

The trial participants have heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH), a life-threatening inherited disease characterised by lifelong elevations in blood LDL-C and accelerated atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). FH is one of the most common genetic conditions, affecting around one in 300 people globally.

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Intellia Gets FDA Clearance to Start First Ever Phase III Trial for an In Vivo CRISPR Drug

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Clinical-stage genome editing company Intellia Therapeutics has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Investigational New Drug (IND) application to start a pivotal phase III trial of NTLA-2001 for the treatment of transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.

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A step closer to ‘clinical trial in a dish’ for Alzheimer’s  

Drug Discovery World

Grown in vitro, these cells can provide patient specific human brain models from a large cohort of AD patients – to create a ‘clinical trial in a dish’. sAD has no specific family link and is caused by a combination of genetics, the environment and a person’s lifestyle.

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The Significance of the MHRA Approval and Upcoming FDA Review of the First Gene Editing Treatment

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In trials, Casgevy was shown to help prevent episodes of debilitating pain, known as vaso-occlusive crises, that often plague patients affected by sickle cell disease. In trials, Casgevy was shown to help prevent episodes of debilitating pain, known as vaso-occlusive crises, that often plague patients affected by sickle cell disease.

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Eligo raises $30 million to further gene editing within the microbiome

Drug Discovery World

“We are impressed by the unique delivery and editing technologies that Eligo has developed, and we believe this will set the stage for Eligo to forge new paths in the application of in vivo gene-editing technologies.” The investment will fuel pre-IND and IND activities to achieve early human data readouts in a PhIb/IIa clinical trial.

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This week in drug discovery (13-16 May) 

Drug Discovery World

The top stories: Gene therapy cures profound genetic deafness within 24 weeks The investigational gene therapy DB-OTO improved hearing to normal levels in a child (dosed at 11 months of age) within 24 weeks, according to trial data presented at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) annual conference.

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Precision Bio climbs on near-$1.5bn sickle cell pact with Novartis

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Novartis has shouldered its way into the in vivo gene editing category via a deal with US biotech Precision BioSciences, focused on a therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD). Other companies – notably Vertex Pharma/CRISPR Therapeutics and bluebird bio – are taking an ex vivo approach to SCD and thalassaemia and are much closer to market.