The Pharma Data

JANUARY 12, 2021

Marianne De Backer, Head of Business Development & Licensing in Bayer’s Pharmaceuticals Division, pictured above. In an interview with BioSpace, De Backer outlined Bayer’s thought process for opening its purse strings and diving into the deep end of the cell and gene therapy space. Photo courtesy of Bayer.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In celebration of the Nobel Prize for Medicine going to two of the early proponents of mRNA technology for creating therapeutics, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, this week our round-up highlights the importance of genetics, genomics and gene editing in drug discovery.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 10, 2022

Bayer has bolstered its cell and gene therapy platform by securing access to a CRISPR-based gene-editing platform developed by US biotech Mammoth Biosciences. The post Bayer trumpets $1bn CRISPR deal with Mammoth Bio appeared first on.

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BioSpace

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Editas Medicine is pausing its ocular gene therapy program after demonstrating a favorable safety profile and seeking a potential partner to develop EDIT-101, the company announced Thursday.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 6, 2024

A more established Amsterdam-based enterprise is gene therapy company uniQure, developer of etranacogene dezaparvovec, the first gene therapy for haemophilia B, which was approved for use in the US in November 2022 and in the EU in February 2023. The government and organisations here are so positive and enthusiastic.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 29, 2022

For example, on the pharma and biotech side, there has been growing demand for new drugs and biologics, from new classes of dual-action diabetes and weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro to life-saving gene therapies. 1. Cell and Gene Therapies. Here are four life sciences trends to look out for in 2023.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As of 2018, there were over 1,100 cancer therapies in development, and as of 2020, 362 of them were cell and gene therapies. Many novel therapies have been successfully developed through such partnerships.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 26, 2023

Tripling its production capacity, Touchlight can now manufacture 8kg plasmid DNA, a key component for mRNA gene therapies and vaccines. As per the company, dbDNA is suitable for rapid, scalable manufacture of GMP DNA and can incorporate gene sequences of sizes ranging from 500bp to 20kb, which are typically unstable as pDNA.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Dr Salako says there are some clear fields of work associated with different areas, which include: Hertfordshire as a cell and gene therapy hub, with a number of companies in this space clustered around Stevenage. billion in funding. Cambridge is a focal point for many pharmaceutical companies working in this therapeutic area.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 11, 2021

Second, the biorevolution is driving innovation in all of Bayer’s divisions – with major progress in cell biology, gene editing and data science. Last year alone, the company concluded more than 25 collaboration and licensing agreements and acquisitions in its Pharmaceuticals Division.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

It may also allow for priority or rolling review of a company’s Biologics License Application (BLA). LogicBio’s proprietary genome editing technology platform, GeneRide, enables the site-specific integration of a therapeutic transgene without nucleases or exogenous promoters by harnessing the native process of homologous recombination.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

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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XTalks

AUGUST 2, 2023

Meanwhile, BioMarin’s gene therapy Roctavian is approved by the FDA for the treatment of hemophilia A. Onureg (azacitidine), a leukemia therapy, also saw large growth of 70 percent to $124 million in 2022, and the multiple sclerosis drug Zeposia (ozanimod) generated $250 million in 2022, an 87 percent increase.

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