Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 22, 2023

Vyjuvek is a non-invasive, topical, re-dosable gene therapy that delivers functional human COL7A1 gene copies to offer wound healing. We offer our sincere gratitude to DEB patients, caregivers, investigators, US regulators and our employees who made this approval possible.

FDA Approval 130

FDA Approval Gene Therapy Genetic Disease Gene 130

XTalks

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

cTTP is a very rare, inherited and life-threatening blood clotting disorder caused by a disease-causing mutation in the ADAMTS13 (A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 13) gene, which encodes the ADAMTS13 enzyme that regulates blood clotting by cleaving the von Willebrand factor (VWF) protease.

FDA Approval 59

FDA Approval Gene Therapy Gene Clinical Trials 59

XTalks

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

After approvals in Japan and Europe, Sanofi’s Xenpozyme has secured one from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of non-central nervous system (non-CNS) manifestations of acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD) in adult and pediatric patients.

FDA Approval 98

FDA Approval Genetics Trials Regulation 98

XTalks

APRIL 24, 2023

Rare diseases can often be progressive, chronic and fatal. Approximately 72 percent of rare diseases are genetic, and around 70 percent of rare genetic diseases emerge in childhood. Sadly, one-third of children with rare diseases die before their first birthday. How Can Study Protocols Be More Effective?

Gene Therapy 95

Gene Therapy Gene Trials Clinical Trials 95

The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

FDA Approves Imcivree (setmelanotide) for Chronic Weight Management in Patients with Obesity Due to POMC, PCSK1 or LEPR Deficiency. Nasdaq:RYTM), a biopharmaceutical company aimed at developing and commercializing therapies for the treatment of rare genetic diseases of obesity, announced today that the U.S. BOSTON, Nov.

FDA Approval 52

FDA Approval Genetic Disease Genetics Clinical Trials 52

pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

A new EMA approval has expanded the use of Vertex Pharma’s exon-skipping cystic fibrosis therapy Symkevi to children as young as six if they have specific gene mutations. Symkevi has been an option for CF patients in this group aged 12 or over for two years, but the new approval means treatment will now be able to begin much earlier.

Gene 134

Gene Genetic Disease FDA Approval Genetics 134

Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Takeda’s Adzynma has become the first recombinant protein product approved in the US for prophylactic or on-demand enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (cTTP). A deficiency in this enzyme causes blood clots to form in the small blood vessels throughout the body.

FDA Approval 52

FDA Approval Gene Clinical Trials Clinical Trials 52