XTalks

JUNE 28, 2023

Gene therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) have been an area of intense research and Sarepta’s Elevidys is now the first one to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). DMD is a rare genetic disorder that leads to progressive muscle degeneration and weakness.

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XTalks

MAY 26, 2023

Krystal Biotech’s Vyjuvek has been awarded US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to make it the first topical gene therapy for the treatment of wounds in patients with the rare, often debilitating skin disease dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB). As a topical treatment, it is also the first readily redosable gene therapy.

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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. Both gene therapies are approved for individuals 12 years of age and older with sickle cell disease. It also affects Hispanic Americans, but at a lower prevalence.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Astellas has signed another bolt-on deal to build its gene therapy pipeline, agreeing a deal with Dyno Therapeutics to tap into its adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector platform for delivering genes to skeletal and cardiac muscle. Those safety issues have hit Astellas’ aspirations in gene therapy directly.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Pfizer has called a halt to a clinical trial of its gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy as it investigates the unexpected death of a young male patient. AAV vectors are well-suited to gene therapies for DMD because they are effective at targeting muscle tissue.

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XTalks

JUNE 30, 2023

It’s been a big week for cell and gene therapy approvals in the US, including a much-awaited approval for one to treat hemophilia A, the most common form of hemophilia. Hemophilia A is a rare genetic bleeding disorder that is caused by a mutation in the gene that encodes the key blood clotting protein factor VIII (FVIII).

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Researchers have found that a topical gene therapy gel helps heal wounds in patients with life-threatening blistering skin disease epidermolysis bullosa (EB). . One trial participant was Vincenzo Mascoli, aged 22. This treatment made a huge difference in quality of life for Vincenzo and other trial participants.” .

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 1, 2022

Sarepta is pressing forward with a bold plan to file with the FDA for accelerated approval of its gene therapy SRP-9001 for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in the next few months, with a view to making it available in sometime around the middle of 2023.

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XTalks

MARCH 28, 2024

Duvyzat, a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor that works to reduce inflammation and muscle loss, is the first nonsteroidal drug approved to treat patients with all genetic variants of DMD. Progressive muscle weakness in the disease is caused by genetic mutations in the dystrophin gene that lead to a lack of functional dystrophin protein.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The first patient has been dosed with an engineered B cell investigational therapy in a Phase I trial in Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I). Developer Immusoft has received FDA Orphan Drug Designation and Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for the therapy, designated ISP-001, in this indication.

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XTalks

JUNE 8, 2021

Novartis’ Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) gene therapy has been making significant strides as of late, including dosing of the first Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) patient with the treatment in the UK last week. Related: Is $2 Million Too Much For FDA-Approved SMA Gene Therapy?

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

BioMarin Pharma has had another setback in its gene therapy development programme, announcing this morning that the FDA has placed a phase 1/2 trial of its candidate for phenylketonuria (PKU) on hold while it investigates a safety signal. The post FDA slaps clinical hold on BioMarin’s PKU gene therapy appeared first on.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In a pivotal approval, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the nod to a new gene therapy called Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovecfor) for the treatment of adults with the genetic blood disorder hemophilia B (congenital Factor IX deficiency). With a list price of $3.5 With a list price of $3.5

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 10, 2021

bluebird bio is to ask regulators to restart clinical studies of its LentiGlobin for sickle cell disease, after an investigation concluded that a case of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) was “very unlikely” to be caused by the gene therapy. Shares in bluebird ticked up following the announcement.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Bluebird bio could be just a few months away from approval of its gene therapy for rare disease cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD) in the EU, after the EMA started an accelerated review. CALD is caused by mutations in the ABCD1 gene located on the X chromosome, which provides instructions for the production of the ALD protein.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Shares in Rocket Pharmaceuticals have been living up to their name, shooting up following encouraging early-stage clinical trial results from a gene therapy for a serious inherited rare heart disease. As of November, three patients have been treated with a low dose of the therapy and two have been treated with a high dose.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong looks at the cell and gene therapy landscape, examining the challenges facing developers and the trends we can expect to see throughout the year. . There’s no doubt that cell and gene therapies present some of the most exciting opportunities for emerging drugs. billion, compared to $19.9

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Avrobio has received rare pediatric disease designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its investigational gene therapy, AVR-RD-04, designed to treat cystinosis. AVR-RD-04 works by genetically modify a patient's hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to express the gene that encodes the cystinosin protein.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 8, 2021

million one-off gene therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) NICE has said, the most expensive treatment ever approved for funding. This is the second gene therapy recommended for funding by NICE – in 2019 Novartis’ Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec) was approved for NHS funding for a rare inherited eye disease.

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Delveinsight

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Vorasidenib is an investigational, brain-penetrant, dual inhibitor of mutant IDH1 and IDH2 in a Phase III trial in patients with IDH-mutant low-grade glioma, AG-270 is an investigational first-in-class methionine adenosyltransferase 2a (MAT2A) inhibitor while AG-636 is a novel inhibitor of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 11, 2022

In a Pompe mouse disease model, ABX1100 was demonstrated to greatly reduce the Gys1 mRNA and GYS1 protein, causing a meaningful decline in glycogen levels in the skeletal muscle. The company plans to advance ABX1100 into clinical trials in the middle of next year. Topic sponsors are not involved in the creation of editorial content.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Canadian clinical-stage biotech company Symvivo Corporation has developed an oral COVID-19 vaccine that entered clinical trials this week. The first healthy volunteer was dosed with the vaccine in Australia as part of the bacTRL-Spike COVID-19 Phase I clinical trial. BacTRL Gene Therapy Platform.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 3, 2024

In the last few years, immunotherapies like immune checkpoint inhibitors, vaccines and cell and gene therapies have revolutionised the treatment of cancer, and targeted drugs like monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors and targeted protein degraders are also playing an important role.

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XTalks

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Clinical-stage genome editing company Intellia Therapeutics has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Investigational New Drug (IND) application to start a pivotal phase III trial of NTLA-2001 for the treatment of transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 22, 2021

Bluebird bio has its first approval for Skysona (formerly Lenti-D), its gene therapy for children with the rare disease cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD), after getting the nod from the EU regulatory authority. The modified cells are reinfused and can produce a functional version of the ALD protein that is lacking in CALD.

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Delveinsight

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The full data from late-phase trials of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine have pointed to the potential for AZD1222 to work after a single dose and limit asymptomatic cases; however, missed main questions regarding the efficacy of the candidate. In a pooled analysis of 11,636 participants enrolled in two separate clinical trials in the U.K.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 11, 2024

The team, led by University College London (UCL), King’s College London and Moderna scientists, found that mRNA could be used to correct a rare genetic liver disease known as argininosuccinic aciduria in a mouse model. mRNA contains instructions that direct the cells to make proteins.

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Advarra

JANUARY 11, 2024

Adoptive T Cell therapies, therapeutic antibodies, and immunomodulatory proteins represent just some of the potentially beneficial treatment strategies for successful mRNA cancer trials. One strategy proposed the use of synthetic mRNA or modified mRNA analogs, which can enhance the stability and protein expression of mRNA.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In a statement outlining its investigation, the FDA said it received reports of the T-cell malignancies from clinical trials and post-marketing safety monitoring. The currently approved therapies target CD19 and BCMA, which are expressed in cancers like B-cell lymphoma and multiple myeloma.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 29, 2022

In September 2021, GlobalData figures revealed there to be 1,320 industry-sponsored regenerative medicine and advanced therapy trials ongoing worldwide. For cell and gene therapy applications, you need a variety of speciality enzymes of the highest purity, specificity, and consistency. “We

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Delveinsight

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Roche has got an authorization from the FDA for a more accurate COVID-19 blood test capable of measuring the levels of specific antibodies, which target the cell-unlocking spike protein of coronavirus. Janssen buys a gene therapy asset. Janssen buys a new gene therapy aimed at reversing a severe disease, from Hemera Biosciences.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Its mechanism of action involves blocking the protein shell (capsid) of the HIV-1 virus, disrupting multiple crucial stages of the viral lifecycle. Both trials concluded with maintained virologic suppression, and no clinically significant change from baseline in CD4+ cell counts was observed. In November 2023, Hookipa Pharma Inc.,

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Delveinsight

AUGUST 26, 2021

Shape Therapeutics inks gene therapy deal with Roche worth up to USD 3 Billion. Seattle biotech firm Shape Therapeutics has signed a deal potentially exceeding USD 3 billion with pharma giant Roche to bolster the development of gene therapies for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 29, 2021

This growth reflects the continued and increasing interest in gene therapy – and with stock prices rising for editing companies across the board, Macrae says there has never been a more interesting time to be in genomic medicine. And ultimately we will be able to add genetic influences to diseases that don’t have a genetic cause.

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XTalks

APRIL 12, 2021

Like other neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementias, Parkinson’s disease research has been immensely challenging for biotechs, with a high rate of late-stage attrition in trials leading to a lack of disease-modifying therapies being approved. Cellular accumulation of ?-synuclein

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XTalks

MARCH 1, 2024

Causes can include aging (presbycusis), exposure to loud noise, genetic predisposition, certain medications (ototoxic drugs) and various diseases. World Hearing Day 2024: Hear the Facts Hearing problems affect people of all ages across the world. It occurs due to damage to the hair cells in the cochlea (inner ear) or the auditory nerve.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This follows the news that the MHRA was the first regulatory authority to authorise Vertex’s gene therapy for sickle-cell disease (SCD) and transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT). Kaftrio is an oral medicine designed to increase the quantity and function of the CFTR protein at the cell surface.

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