Bio Pharma Dive

MARCH 2, 2023

The announcement, which follows recent regulatory setbacks for some of Intellia’s peers, is a “big win” for the gene editing field, according to one analyst.

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Bio Pharma Dive

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Among the drugs Roche recorded impairment charges on are four gene therapies acquired in the company's 2019 deal for Spark Therapeutics.

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Bio Pharma Dive

AUGUST 24, 2023

The deal, worth up to $500 million, is a bet by the drug rights dealmaker on the uncertain commercial prospects of Ferring's gene therapy Adstiladrin.

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Bio Pharma Dive

JULY 20, 2022

The deal, which is worth $60 million upfront, broadens Vertex’s reach into gene editing and expands Verve’s research beyond heart disease.

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Bio Pharma Dive

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

On the heels of a two-day FDA meeting in which experts debated the risks of gene therapy, the biotech said its early-stage PKU treatment was associated with cancer in mice.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 23, 2023

Avrobio has announced a deal to sell its investigational haematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy programme , designed to treat cystinosis, to Novartis in an all-cash deal valued at $87.5m. In 2022, Avrobio’s investigational gene therapy, AVR-RD-04, received a rare paediatric disease designation from the US Food and Drug Administration.

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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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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Akouos focuses on developing adeno-associated viral gene therapies to treat inner ear conditions, including sensorineural hearing loss. It has combined expertise in otology, gene therapy and inner ear drug delivery to meet the requirements of individuals with disabling hearing loss globally.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Ast ellas Pharma has announced plans to make a strategic investment to back the development of Taysha Gene Therapies’ adeno-associated virus (AAV) development programmes for Rett syndrome and giant axonal neuropathy (GAN). Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

OCTOBER 24, 2023

While this is a small number of people in each rare disease patient community, the significant and continued growth of rare disease drug development is unsurprising given that there are over 10,000 rare diseases , with more being discovered every year. Roughly 80% of rare diseases are due to a known genetic driver.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 14, 2022

Avrobio has received orphan drug designation for its gene therapy, AVR-RD-05, from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPSII) or Hunter syndrome. The company noted that this gene therapy is the fourth one to receive orphan drug designation.

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Bio Pharma Dive

APRIL 25, 2024

The cuts of four pipeline prospects come as BioMarin resets its priorities following the slow launch of its hemophilia gene therapy Roctavian.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

After several setbacks, bluebird bio bounces back with two major FDA gene therapy approvals. Last month, Zynteglo (betibeglogene autotemcel), or beti-cel, was approved as a one-time potentially curative gene therapy for patients with beta-thalassaemia who require regular blood transfusions.

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Bio Pharma Dive

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The biotech has identified gene editing as a natural fit for the technology it uses to deliver its vaccines and drugs. A deal with Metagenomi, a startup backed by Bayer, will further those ambitions.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 24, 2023

Forge Biologics has joined the public-private collaboration, the Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium (BGTC), to expedite the development and manufacture of new AAV [adeno-associated virus] gene therapies to treat patients with rare diseases. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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Bio Pharma Dive

AUGUST 18, 2022

Its market launch is likely to be watched carefully by other gene therapy developers. Approved Wednesday for severe beta thalassemia, Zynteglo will test insurers’ willingness to pay for expensive one-time treatments.

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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. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

If things go as per plan, in a few months, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will deliberate on the first-of-its-kind CRISPR-based gene therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia. The post Magazine: CRISPR gene therapies cut through in 2023 appeared first on Pharmaceutical Technology.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 16, 2023

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) has announced its plans to prioritise eight rare diseases to provide industry standards for manufacturing, preclinical testing and product analytical testing for gene therapy development. This will include pairing up indications with manufacturers amongst the BGTC’s partners.

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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

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Drugs from Vertex can effectively treat the lung disease in as much as 90% of patients. Gene therapy could be a solution for the remaining 10%, but the path forward is challenging.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 7, 2022

For many decades, investigators have been working on innovative therapeutic modalities known as cell and gene therapies, which use modified versions of the body’s own cellular and genetic material to treat and potentially cure these diseases. A new frontier in cancer research. Securing the supply chain.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 25, 2022

The European Commission (EC) has granted conditional marketing authorisation (CMA) for BioMarin Pharmaceutical ’s gene therapy, Roctavian (valoctocogene roxaparvovec), to treat adults with severe haemophilia A (congenital Factor VIII deficiency). Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 2, 2024

Hailed as a revolution in the treatment of many diseases, cell and gene therapy (CGT) is the fastest growing area of therapeutics. 2023 was a record year for CGTs, with seven new CGTs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) across a variety of different disease areas. 2024 is potentially shaping up to break this record.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 5, 2023

Capsida Biotherapeutics and Eli Lilly and Company ’s wholly owned subsidiary Prevail Therapeutics have announced a partnership for the development of non-invasive gene therapies for central nervous system (CNS) diseases. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva. By Cytiva Thematic.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Casgevy, the commercial product formerly known as exa-cel, is administered by taking stem cells out of a patient’s bone marrow and editing a gene in the cells in a laboratory, with the modified cells then infused back into the patient after conditioning treatment to prepare the bone marrow.

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Fierce Pharma

MARCH 20, 2024

After scoring an FDA nod Monday for the first gene therapy to treat the rare genetic disease metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) in the U.S., Kyowa Kirin and its subsidiary Orchard Therapeutics have | After scoring an FDA nod Monday for the first gene therapy to treat the rare genetic disease metachromatic leukodystrophy in the U.S.,

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Bio Pharma Dive

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Part of a $1 billion alliance the companies formed in 2020, the drug will be tested in a large study of patients who test positive for mutations in a gene called LRRK2.

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Bio Pharma Dive

JULY 17, 2023

For $500 million, Novartis will acquire DTx Pharma and its preclinical neurological disease drugs, marking the Swiss company’s latest investment in gene-silencing medicines.

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Fierce Pharma

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Takeda will withdraw lung cancer drug Exkivity after a confirmatory trial failure. Kyowa Kirin is buying gene therapy biotech Orchard Therapeutics. Takeda will withdraw lung cancer drug Exkivity after a confirmatory trial failure. Kyowa Kirin is buying gene therapy biotech Orchard Therapeutics.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 12, 2023

Editas Medicine will release new efficacy and safety results of its gene therapy EDIT-301 in severe sickle disease as part of an oral presentation at the European Hematology Association’s (EHA) Hybrid Congress. Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted the treatment an orphan drug designation for sickle cell disease.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 24, 2023

It can correct several disease elements associated with PKD, a rare, monogenic red blood cell disorder caused by a mutation in the PKLR gene. It can correct several disease elements associated with PKD, a rare, monogenic red blood cell disorder caused by a mutation in the PKLR gene.

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Bio Pharma Dive

JUNE 9, 2023

The regulator will issue separate verdicts on the pioneering treatment’s use in sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia, with the first expected late this year.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 8, 2023

The use of 4D Molecular Therapeutics’ (4DMT) aerosolised gene therapy 4D-710 has improved the quality-of-life and spirometry-measured outcomes in three cystic fibrosis patients , based on early results from a Phase I/II study presented at this year’s annual meeting of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS).

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Bio Pharma Dive

DECEMBER 10, 2023

While new gene therapies for the blood disease grabbed headlines at ASH, Pfizer presented fresh data for an oral drug meant to build on its marketed therapy Oxbryta.

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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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Fierce Pharma

JANUARY 3, 2024

Gene therapies have been approved for certain patients with beta thalassemia. Gene therapies have been approved for certain patients with beta thalassemia. After a successful phase 3 readout, Agios hopes it can reach a unique subgroup and eventually all patients.

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