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Lyfgenia and Casgevy Become First FDA-Approved Gene Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease

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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. Both gene therapies are approved for individuals 12 years of age and older with sickle cell disease.

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Vyjuvek Gets FDA Nod as First Topical Gene Therapy for Rare Skin Disease

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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).

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Adzynma Wins FDA Approval as First Treatment for Ultra-Rare Blood Clotting Disorder cTTP

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Takeda Pharmaceuticals’ Adzynma, the first recombinant protein product for prophylactic (preventive) or on‑demand enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) in adult and pediatric patients with congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (cTTP), an ultra-rare blood clotting disorder.

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Advances in neuroscience drug discovery

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For diseases as serious and debilitating for patients and their families as leukodystrophies, learning about such advances in knowledge carries a great deal of hope, which IRCM warmly welcomes,” adds Dr Jean-François Côté, the IRCM’s President and Scientific Director.

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