Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Cure Genetics has entered a partnership and licensing deal with Frametact to develop gene therapy for familial neurological ailments.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Eli Lilly and Company has expanded a licencing and partnership agreement with ProQR Therapeutics to discover, develop and market new genetic medicines. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva. The companies entered the initial agreement in September last year.

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Camargo

JULY 27, 2021

How and When to Incorporate PK Design into Your Gene Therapy Development Plan. Gene therapy, which was in its infancy around 30 years ago, is now becoming a more prominent treatment method in many therapeutic areas, from personalized therapy to mass vaccinations against COVID-19. Gene Therapy Definition.

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Pharma Mirror

APRIL 28, 2021

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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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 13, 2023

Beacon Therapeutics has kickstarted its entry into the gene therapy field with a $120m Series A financing. The funding, with participation from Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE), includes AGTC’s acquisition and capital to help accelerate Beacon Therapeutics’ candidate development. The total financing was £96m ($120m).

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 25, 2023

ElevateBio has raised $401m in a Series D financing round for advancing its technology platforms to expedite the design, production and development of cell and gene therapies. New investors included research and development partner Novo Nordisk, Lee Family Office (Asia) and Woodline.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 26, 2023

Krystal Biotech has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for topical gene therapy VYJUVEK to treat dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) in adults and in children aged six months and above. VYJUVEK is designed to address the underlying genetic cause of the disease.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 7, 2022

Genetic mutations, both germline and acquired, are behind a large proportion of the most debilitating and sometimes life-threatening human diseases. Recent years have seen a steadily growing number of approvals for cell and gene therapies, which has spurred on the community to continue innovating in this space.

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Bio Pharma Dive

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Sean Nolan and Joe Nolan, former leaders at the Zolgensma developer, are behind Jaguar Gene Therapy, which plans to research treatments for a rare metabolic disease as well as genetically linked autism and diabetes.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Immuno-oncology in Pharmaceuticals: Gene therapy delivery using viral vectors.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

JANUARY 24, 2024

Written By: Derek Ansel, MS, CCRA, Executive Director, Therapeutic Strategy Lead, Rare Disease Given that 80% of rare diseases have a genetic etiology, genetic implications should be addressed at the onset of a clinical program to support trial enrollment. One diagnostic example that I discussed in my presentation is autism.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 24, 2023

The RMAT designation programme is intended to accelerate the drug’s development and review processes for products, including gene therapies. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva. Topic sponsors are not involved in the creation of editorial content.

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Bio Pharma Dive

AUGUST 24, 2022

The New York biotech will invest in and develop up to three drugs with Gensaic, an emerging startup aiming to use the viruses that infect bacteria to deliver genetic medicines.

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Bio Pharma Dive

APRIL 6, 2022

Facing mounting competition to its top-selling drug Eylea, Regeneron is teaming up with ViGeneron to develop a genetic medicine for an inherited retinal disease.

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Bio Pharma Dive

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The biotech is the latest in a growing list of genetic medicine developers to sell themselves near record stock lows amid a challenging funding environment.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 25, 2023

Pushing back an initial deadline, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new regulatory action date of 22 June, by which time the agency will assess the logistics of a possible approval for Sarepta Therapeutics’ Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene therapy.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 27, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) applications for Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) and Rare Pediatric Disease Designation (RPDD), a new article can help developers of gene therapies for rare genetic diseases. The article is published in the journal Human Gene Therapy.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 19, 2023

Although only a small number of gene therapies have reached the market thus far, the industry is poised to grow quickly over the next few years. According to GlobalData’s clinical trials database, there are currently 1,231 planned and ongoing trials for gene therapies and gene-modified cell therapies alone.

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Pharma Mirror

OCTOBER 26, 2021

a clinical-stage cell and gene therapy company focused on developing and commercializing disease-modifying therapies for patients suffering from rare diseases for which there is a lack of available treatment options, has formed a new research collaboration with Mayo Clinic. Castle Creek Biosciences Inc., Deyle, M.D.,

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XTalks

MAY 17, 2023

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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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Vivet is a clinical stage biotech company developing gene therapies for rare inherited metabolic disorders. CTX is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder that affects the body’s ability to metabolise fats known as cholesterols. Vivet Therapeutics has received €4.9

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Pharma Mirror

JANUARY 30, 2022

Ben Beckley, Global Lead at EmerGENE explores the market challenges holding back Cell and Gene Therapy (C&GT) from taking its place as an established treatment area. Some 3,366 treatments are currently in preclinical and clinical development[1]. As a treatment area, C&GT has shown robust growth in recent years.

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Pharma Mirror

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Catalent is also announcing the launch of pDNA development and manufacturing services at its Rockville, Maryland facility. The post Catalent to Acquire Delphi Genetics and Launch US Plasmid Manufacturing Site appeared first on Pharma Mirror Magazine. SOMERSET, N.J. SOMERSET, N.J.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 18, 2023

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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XTalks

DECEMBER 13, 2023

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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XTalks

MAY 26, 2023

Krystal Biotech’s Vyjuvek has been awarded US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to make it the first topical gene therapy for the treatment of wounds in patients with the rare, often debilitating skin disease dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB). As a topical treatment, it is also the first readily redosable gene therapy.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 21, 2021

With clinical holds lifting there has been more investment and clinical progress in the gene therapy for muscular disorders space than ever before, yet the consequences of toxicity are not a distant memory. The post Gene Therapy for Muscular Disorders appeared first on.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 19, 2023

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin today announced a significant development toward a new therapeutic treatment of glaucoma.

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Camargo

MAY 2, 2021

Advances in scientific knowledge and growth in the cell and gene therapy space have led to a new and exciting era of medicine for patients, as well as a new motivation for regulators to provide clear, efficient pathways for product developers. Background: The Advancement of Cell and Gene Therapies.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Astellas has signed another bolt-on deal to build its gene therapy pipeline, agreeing a deal with Dyno Therapeutics to tap into its adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector platform for delivering genes to skeletal and cardiac muscle. Those safety issues have hit Astellas’ aspirations in gene therapy directly.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 26, 2023

MiNA Therapeutics has entered into a research collaboration and option licensing agreement with BioMarin Pharmaceutical to speed up the development of therapeutic ribonucleic acid activation (RNAa) candidates to treat rare genetic diseases. BioMarin may then license the assets fully to develop and commercialise them across the globe.

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XTalks

APRIL 24, 2023

Approximately 72 percent of rare diseases are genetic, and around 70 percent of rare genetic diseases emerge in childhood. Out of over 7,000 rare diseases, only 5 percent (or less) of rare diseases are thought to have approved treatment options, known as “orphan” therapies. How Can Study Protocols Be More Effective?

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The collaboration is aimed at discovering and developing new advanced treatments for genitourinary (GU) tumours as well as other related serious diseases using ReviR’s RNA-targeted technologies. Its initial focus is to develop therapeutics in oncology, CNS, and genetically defined disease indications.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 16, 2023

The Abu Dhabi Department of Health (DoH) in the UAE has made a declaration of collaboration with Mass General Brigham’s (MGB) International Center for Genetic Disease (iCGD) to advance life sciences.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 7, 2023

The collaboration will work on developing exosome-encapsulated AAV (exoAAV) vectors as a novel gene delivery technology aimed at improving treatments for heart disease. Susmita Sahoo, Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiology at Icahn Mount Sinai has been exploring the use of exosomes in gene therapy for several years.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 11, 2022

David Lewandowski, Business Director of Cell & Gene Therapy at Azenta Life Sciences, explains how efficient sample management can help to work efficiently and bring therapies to market faster. It has been estimated that by 2025 the FDA will be approving 10 to 20 cell and gene therapy products per year 2.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Credit: Professor Jane Farrar and Dr Daniel Maloney, Trinity College Dublin Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have developed a new gene therapy approach that offers promise for one day treating an eye disease that leads to a progressive loss of vision and affects thousands of people across the globe.

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