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

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Moderna has entered a strategic research and development partnership with ElevateBio’s Life Edit Therapeutics to discover and develop new in-vivo mRNA gene editing therapies. Moderna will also assume further development, manufacturing, and commercialisation responsibilities on exercising a target option.

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STAT News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Moderna is aiming to build a gene editing franchise powered by some of the same technologies used in its COVID-19 vaccines. The Cambridge biotech company announced Wednesday that it will partner with Life Edit Therapeutics to develop potentially permanent treatments for rare genetic diseases and other conditions.

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Scienmag

MAY 2, 2022

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – May 2, 2022 — Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists working on CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing technology have developed a method to increase efficiency of editing while minimizing DNA deletion sizes, a key step toward developing gene editing therapies to treat genetic diseases.

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Scienmag

MARCH 30, 2021

Credit: Gretel Nicholson, EXRC Scientists have discovered a new genetic disease, which causes some children’s brains to develop abnormally, resulting in delayed intellectual development and often early onset cataracts.

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BioPharma Reporter

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The messenger RNA (mRNA) specialist Moderna has teamed up with ElevateBio-owned Life Edit Therapeutics to develop gene editing therapies that are delivered into patients in vivo.

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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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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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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 1, 2023

Tevard Biosciences and Vertex Pharmaceuticals have announced a four-year global research partnership to develop new tRNA-based therapies to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients. The deal offers access to the platforms of Tevard to discover and develop tRNA-based therapies.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Scientists have unlocked key insights into virus evolution, revealing new information that could help develop treatments for a wide variety of genetic diseases. . Many distinct types of parvoviruses infect mammals – including humans – without causing disease.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

JANUARY 24, 2024

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. As a board-eligible genetic counselor, I believe that genetic counselors should also be involved since they are integral to the patient’s diagnostic odyssey.

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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. The global cell and gene therapy (CGT) market reached a value of ~$4 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow to ~$34 billion by 2030 1.

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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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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 22, 2023

Vyjuvek is a non-invasive, topical, re-dosable gene therapy that delivers functional human COL7A1 gene copies to offer wound healing. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva. The company intends to commercialise Vyjuvek in the US in the third quarter of 2023.

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XTalks

APRIL 24, 2023

Rare diseases can often be progressive, chronic and fatal. Approximately 72 percent of rare diseases are genetic, and around 70 percent of rare genetic diseases emerge in childhood. Sadly, one-third of children with rare diseases die before their first birthday. How Can Study Protocols Be More Effective?

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

BioMarin Pharma has had another setback in its gene therapy development programme, announcing this morning that the FDA has placed a phase 1/2 trial of its candidate for phenylketonuria (PKU) on hold while it investigates a safety signal. Five of the mice had adenomas and one had a hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 4, 2022

AstraZeneca’s rare disease firm Alexion is set to expand its genomic medicine portfolio with the acquisition of gene editing specialist LogicBio Therapeutics, in a deal worth approximately $68 million. The post AstraZeneca pays record 660% premium for gene editing company LogicBio appeared first on.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

An investigational gene therapy for Sanfilippo syndrome – which leads to a form of childhood dementia – has shown promising early results in a proof-of-concept study. Patients with MPS-IIIA have a mutation in the SGSH gene, causing them to lack an enzyme which normally breaks down large sugar molecules.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 4, 2023

The approval allows KALYDECO to be used in infants who have at least one mutation in their cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene that is responsive to the therapy, on the basis of clinical and/or in vitro assay results. The medicine is currently available for use in more than 30 countries.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Bluebird bio could be just a few months away from approval of its gene therapy for rare disease cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD) in the EU, after the EMA started an accelerated review. Around 40% of patients develop the cerebral form of ALD, which in turn affects around one in 17,000 live births.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Vertex Pharma and partner CRISPR Therapeutics will start a rolling marketing application in the US for their gene-editing drug for sickle cell disease (SCD) and beta thalassaemia later this year. The time places exa-cel in pole position to become the first drug developed based on CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology to reach the market.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 17, 2024

DDW’s Diana Spencer speaks to Josh Mandel-Brehm , CEO of Massachusetts-based biotech CAMP4, to understand the role regulatory RNAs play in gene expression and how the founders overcame the challenge of launching a business based on brand new science. What are the advantages compared to other gene modulating approaches?

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Scienmag

MAY 26, 2022

A line of powerful tools has been developed from the popular CRISPR-Cas9 to cure genetic diseases. ITHACA, N.Y. — CRISPR has ushered in the era of genomic medicine.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Developer Immusoft has received FDA Orphan Drug Designation and Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for the therapy, designated ISP-001, in this indication. MPS I is a rare, genetic disease that affects the body’s ability to produce the enzyme alpha-L-iduronidase (IDUA).

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XTalks

OCTOBER 7, 2020

A tiny child with a devastating genetic disease who wasn’t supposed to blow out the candles on his first birthday cake. Not only did this baby survive to do all these things, but he became a poster child for gene therapy with the regulators at the U.S. “They called him ‘The Boy.’ Who wasn’t supposed to sit up.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

SparingVision has raised €75 million in second-round funding that will be used to fund clinical trials of gene therapies for ocular diseases retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The post SparingVision raises €75m for eye disease gene therapies appeared first on.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Genomic healthcare data is critical to identify disease risk, ancestry, traits and response to medicines and aids in the development of new targeted therapies – precision medicines. DDW’s Megan Thomas observes developments of accessibility in this sector and the potential impact. . The origins . The current landscape .

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A new partnership between industry and three rare disease foundations has formed with the goal of accelerating the development of precision drugs to treat rare neurodevelopmental disorders. . Understanding rare diseases remains a significant challenge.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 24, 2021

Vertex Pharma has ramped up its involvement in gene-editing medicines for the third time in a matter of months, agreeing a partnership with CRISPR specialist Arbor Biotechnologies that could be worth up to $1.2 If approved, it could mount a challenge to bluebird bio’s gene therapy Zynteglo, which is already approved in Europe.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 11, 2021

Under the plans the company’s rare disease drugs will remain under the aegis of bluebird with current genetic disease president Andrew Obenshain taking the reins as CEO. The post bluebird bio to split into oncology and gene therapy specialists appeared first on. million price tag.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 17, 2022

Merck (MSD outside North America) has entered a partnership agreement with Orna Therapeutics for discovering, developing and marketing various programmes based on next-generation RNA technology. These programmes will include therapies and vaccines in infectious disease and oncology areas.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 29, 2022

The most common marketed drugs in this space aim to address the hyperammonaemia caused by the defective genes in this disorder. Ultragenyx uses adeno-associated virus 8 (AAV8) gene therapy to induce stable OTC gene expression. This treatment activates the OTC gene so that ammonia can be removed from the blood.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 6, 2023

GRIA disorder is a family of rare genetic diseases. It is triggered by mutations in the AMPA glutamate receptor genes that cause a loss or gain in the functioning of those receptors, which play a vital role in learning, memory and other critical biological functions.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 12, 2023

Solid Biosciences has entered a strategic research collaboration with Phlox Therapeutics to expedite the development of new therapies for rare cardiac diseases. Under the research partnership deal, the companies will develop new precision genetic medicines for a severe form of genetic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 24, 2023

DMD and FA are rare, degenerative, genetic diseases that affect movement and eventually lead to paralysis. This is particularly important for rare diseases where it can be hard to identify suitable patients. The post AI and wearable tech could speed up drug development appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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BioTech 365

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

NASDAQ: RARE), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel products for serious rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases, today announced that Emil D. NOVATO, Calif., 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. Kakkis, M.D., Ph.D., … Continue reading →

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