Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 22, 2023

It is claimed to be both the first re-dosable gene therapy and the first and only FDA-approved treatment for both recessive and dominant types of DEB, a rare and serious genetic disease affecting the skin and mucosal tissues.

FDA Approval 130

FDA Approval Gene Therapy Genetic Disease Gene 130

XTalks

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Sanofi picked up its first Xenpozyme approval for the treatment of Niemann-Pick from Japanese regulators in March followed by an approval from European officials in May. The FDA approval was based on data from the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled ASCEND study involving 31 adult patients.

FDA Approval 98

FDA Approval Genetics Trials Regulation 98

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

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

A very rare, inherited blood clotting disorder, cTTP is caused by a disease-causing mutation in the ADAMTS13 gene, which is responsible for making an enzyme, also named ADAMTS13, that regulates blood clotting. 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

pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 9, 2021

An FDA advisory committee has delivered a blow to Reata Pharma, after voting unanimously that the drugmaker’s data on bardoxolone – a drug for kidney disease – did not show it is effective. In severe firms, the disease leads to progressive kidney damage with patients often needing dialysis.

Drugs 52

Drugs Clinical Trials Clinical Trials Genetic Disease 52