After delay, Bluebird submits sickle cell gene therapy for FDA approval
Bio Pharma Dive
APRIL 24, 2023
Submission of the application comes weeks after rivals Vertex and CRISPR filed their gene editing medicine for the disease with the agency.
Bio Pharma Dive
APRIL 24, 2023
Submission of the application comes weeks after rivals Vertex and CRISPR filed their gene editing medicine for the disease with the agency.
Fierce Pharma
DECEMBER 8, 2023
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics have won an historic FDA approval for their sickle cell disease gene therapy Casgevy. The transformational treatment is a potential cure for the debilitating and life-threatening disease which affects more than 100,000 in the United States, most of them Black.
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Fierce Pharma
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Alongside a historic approval for the first therapy utilizing the Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology, the FDA has cleared a rival gene replacement therapy, also for sickle cell | Alongside a historic approval for the first therapy utilizing the Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology, the FDA has cleared a rival (..)
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).
Drug Discovery World
DECEMBER 11, 2023
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first cell-based gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD), Casgevy and Lyfgenia. Casgevy, from Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics, is also the first FDA-approved treatment to use CRISPR gene editing technology.
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.
pharmaphorum
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Gene therapies and research into them have grown immensely in recent years, offering more novel tools in regenerative medicine to fight disease, including rare diseases and genetic disorders. The move marks a continuation in its ongoing commitment to exploring gene-editing technology. DOWNLOAD THE FULL ARTICLE HERE.
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