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Rocket Pharmaceuticals’ gene therapy receives FDA RMAT designation

Pharmaceutical Technology

The RMAT designation programme is intended to accelerate the drug’s development and review processes for products, including gene therapies. The regulator granted RMAT designation based on the data obtained from the ongoing Phase I RP-L301 clinical trial.

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

XTalks

Awareness of rare diseases is growing, and with a better understanding of the pathophysiology of many rare diseases, innovative treatment options are emerging, like gene therapies that can treat the root cause of rare genetic diseases and potentially provide long-term symptom relief, or even a definitive cure.

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

XTalks

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). million price tag of Elevidys, a one-time gene therapy. Options for managing the symptoms of DMD have been limited.

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Sensorion and Novasep Announce Signature of a Gene Therapy Product Development and Manufacturing Agreement

The Pharma Data

The agreement covers the gene therapy program targeting OTOF (OTOF-GT), the gene encoding the otoferlin protein. Sensorion is currently advancing two preclinical gene therapy programs conducted under a broad multi-program research partnership with the Genetics and Physiology of Hearing Unit at Institut Pasteur (Paris).

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FDA suggests ways to curb constraints with rare disease gene therapy trials

Pharmaceutical Technology

On February 7, at a town hall organised to discuss clinical trial designs for gene therapies, FDA experts pushed pharma players to look for ways to establish clinical effectiveness despite the challenges in recruiting patients with rare diseases.

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Overcoming diverging regulatory expectations to bring CGTs to market

Drug Discovery World

Lung-I Cheng, Vice President and Head of Cell & Gene Therapy Service Line at AmerisourceBergen, and Cori Gorman, Senior Director of CMC and Regulatory Affairs at Biopharma Excellence, offer advice on navigating the different and sometimes contradictory regulatory requirements in the US and EU. billion in 2020 to $15.5

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Covid-19 Omicron boosters will reinvigorate injectables manufacturing

Pharmaceutical Technology

This data has been shared with regulators, including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and a request for US Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) is planned. Regulators are well-disposed to these boosters. Although the UK has fewer facilities, around 70% of those offer dose manufacturing with containment.