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Vertex, CRISPR prep filing for gene-editing blood disorder therapy

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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. HbF produces normal, healthy red blood cells, rather than the misshapen cells produced by faulty haemoglobin in the two disorders.

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Vertex builds in gene editing yet again, with $1.2bn Arbor deal

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Vertex Pharma has ramped up its involvement in gene-editing medicines for the third time in a matter of months, agreeing a partnership with CRISPR specialist Arbor Biotechnologies that could be worth up to $1.2

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Bayer trumpets $1bn CRISPR deal with Mammoth Bio

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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. CRISPR drugs can be used to modify the expression of disease-associated proteins in the body, for example, by correcting a mutation in a specific gene.

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

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Both gene therapies are approved for individuals 12 years of age and older with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders that affect approximately 100,000 people in the US, most of whom are Black. Casgevy is also the first ever CRISPR/Cas9-based therapy approved in the US.

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ASH: CRISPR, Vertex’ CTX001 hits the mark in red cell disorders

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A gene-editing drug developed by CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharma has achieved “remarkable” improvements in patients with beta thalassaemia and sickle cell disease in an early-stage trial reported at the American Society of Haematology (ASH) annual meeting.

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Advances in neuroscience drug discovery

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Dementia is the only major cause of death without a treatment to prevent, slow or stop disease progression. “In With the breadth and range of central nervous system disorders – for example Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis – facing the global population there is an unmet need within this area of drug discovery.

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