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Editas and Vertex Ink Deal for Cas9 License for $50M Upfront

BioSpace

The deal follows the FDA approval of Vertex’s gene-editing sickle cell treatment and Editas’ earlier legal battle over rights to the technology.

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Cell therapies in AML inch closer to market while facing challenges

Pharmaceutical Technology

However, it is possible to target CD33 in the clinic, as evidenced by the FDA approval of Pfizer’s anti-CD33 antibody-drug conjugate Mylotarg (gemtuzumab ozogamicin) in 2000. NiCord’s biologics license application is currently being investigated by the FDA with a review date set by May 2023.

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4 Life Sciences Trends for 2023

XTalks

As of December 16, 2022, there are seven US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved gene therapies. In 2022 alone, the US regulator approved four new gene therapies, showing the high interest in getting these therapies to market. In 2023, a number of gene therapies are expected to get the FDA green light.

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Beqvez Becomes Pfizer’s First Approved Gene Therapy After Nod from Health Canada

XTalks

There is a significant focus on developing gene therapies as longer-term solutions for the disease. Pfizer licensed Beqvez from Spark Therapeutics nine years ago. Beqvez is set to rival CSL Behring’s Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovecfor), which was the first gene therapy approved for hemophilia B. Priced at $3.5

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Top 30 Pharma and Biotech Companies in 2023: Statistics and Trends

XTalks

Paxlovid was first authorized under the FDA Emergency Use Authorization in December 2021 ; however, it has received FDA approval on May 25, 2023. pneumoniae serotypes) replaced the company’s first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine Prevnar (PCV7, approved by the FDA in February 2000) in a February 2010 FDA approval.

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Advances in neuroscience drug discovery

Drug Discovery World

The FDA has approved the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) supporting the traditional approval of LEQEMBI (lecanemab-irmb) injection, for reducing the rate of disease progression and to slow cognitive and functional decline in adults with Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

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