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FDA approves Alnylam’s ultra-rare disease drug Oxlumo

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The FDA has approved Alnylam’s gene silencing drug Oxlumo, the first treatment for primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1), an ultra-rare and life-threatening genetic disorder. The disease is also difficult to diagnose and often takes around six years before doctors correctly identify it.

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NS Pharma takes on Sarepta as FDA approves DMD drug

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The FDA controversially approved Vyondys 52 late last year after a previous rejection and an appeal from Sarepta. Viltepso was evaluated in two clinical studies with a total of 32 patients, all of whom were male and had genetically confirmed DMD. The post NS Pharma takes on Sarepta as FDA approves DMD drug appeared first on.

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What FDA’s Newest Gene Therapy Approval Tells Us About Durability: How Long is Long Enough?

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Valentine — On November 22, 2022, FDA approved CSL Behring’s BLA for Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), an AAV-based gene therapy for the treatment of adults with Hemophilia B who currently use Factor IX prophylaxis therapy, have current or historical life-threatening hemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes.

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How to advance AAV-based gene therapies

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What’s more, they are expensive, not readily available, and in many countries, there are a host of stringent regulations, as well as ethical and legal considerations around their use. Mouse models, on the other hand, are cost-effective and readily available, making them a favourite for many researchers. She received a Ph.D.

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STAT+: Foundation charges cancer patients $83,000 for unproven but promising experimental drug

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But they said the sum covers only the direct costs of designing and manufacturing the vaccines ― which are tailored to the unique genetic makeup of each patient’s tumor ― and that the FDA has approved the breakdown of expenses.

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Who are the AACR Scientific Achievement Award winners?

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He is being recognised for his revolutionary contributions to developing the first gene-edited cell-based therapy for cancer that involves the genetic re-engineering of a patient’s own T cells to combat their disease, and for demonstrating that adoptive T-cell therapy can induce remission and in some cases cure patients with advanced cancer.

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Drug development and working with specialised Rare Disease networks

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However, despite the work still left to be done, there are now a growing number of treatments in the pipeline and 2020 proved to be a remarkable year for orphan drug approvals, with the US FDA approving more orphan designated treatments than non-orphan drugs. Headway being made.