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US FDA approves Krystal Biotech’s Vyjuvek for DEB

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It is claimed to be both the first re-dosable gene therapy and the first and only FDA-approved treatment for both recessive and dominant types of DEB, a rare and serious genetic disease affecting the skin and mucosal tissues.

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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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Adzynma Wins FDA Approval as First Treatment for Ultra-Rare Blood Clotting Disorder cTTP

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Acute manifestations include thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, bleeding episodes, headache and abdominal pain, while chronic ones include stroke, cardiovascular disease and damage to organs. As a rare disease, cTTP affects less than 1,000 individuals in the US. “As

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Sanofi’s Enzyme Replacement Therapy Xenpozyme Wins FDA Approval for Rare Disease ASMD

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The FDA approval was based on data from the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled ASCEND study involving 31 adult patients. The FDA approval came ahead of its October 3 target date, which had been extended by three months. Patients in the trial received Xenpozyme or placebo for 52 weeks.

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FDA approves new treatment for Pompe disease

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“Pompe disease is a rare genetic disease that causes premature death and has a debilitating effect on people’s lives,” said Janet Maynard, M.D., deputy director of the Office of Rare Diseases, Pediatrics, Urologic and Reproductive Medicine in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

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FDA approval to Keytruda and Lenvima; FibroGen’s Roxadustat; Pfizer’s TICOVAC; Ipsen’s Palovarotene; Jazz Pharma’s Xywav; Seagen-RemeGen’s Cancer Medicine

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FDA’s Green Flag to Keytruda and Lenvima combination by Merck and Eisai for Advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The FDA approved the combination of Keytruda and Lenvima produced by Merck and Eisai, as a first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The rarity of disease – 1.36

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FDA Approves Imcivree (setmelanotide) for Chronic Weight Management in Patients with Obesity Due to POMC, PCSK1 or LEPR Deficiency

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FDA Approves Imcivree (setmelanotide) for Chronic Weight Management in Patients with Obesity Due to POMC, PCSK1 or LEPR Deficiency. Nasdaq:RYTM), a biopharmaceutical company aimed at developing and commercializing therapies for the treatment of rare genetic diseases of obesity, announced today that the U.S.