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FDA suggests ways to curb constraints with rare disease gene therapy trials

Pharmaceutical Technology

On February 7, at a town hall organised to discuss clinical trial designs for gene therapies, FDA experts pushed pharma players to look for ways to establish clinical effectiveness despite the challenges in recruiting patients with rare diseases.

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Another Astellas gene therapy trial paused by FDA after side effect report

Bio Pharma Dive

The regulator suspended testing of Astellas’ Pompe disease treatment after one patient experienced peripheral nerve damage. Both of the pharma’s clinical-stage gene therapies are now on hold.

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Astellas to support development of Taysha’s gene therapy programmes

Pharmaceutical Technology

Ast ellas Pharma has announced plans to make a strategic investment to back the development of Taysha Gene Therapies’ adeno-associated virus (AAV) development programmes for Rett syndrome and giant axonal neuropathy (GAN). Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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Magazine: CRISPR gene therapies cut through in 2023

Pharmaceutical Technology

If things go as per plan, in a few months, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will deliberate on the first-of-its-kind CRISPR-based gene therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia. We also explore how AI is being used to design digital twins for clinical trials.

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4DMT’s CF gene therapy posts early cues for improving patient outcomes

Pharmaceutical Technology

The use of 4D Molecular Therapeutics’ (4DMT) aerosolised gene therapy 4D-710 has improved the quality-of-life and spirometry-measured outcomes in three cystic fibrosis patients , based on early results from a Phase I/II study presented at this year’s annual meeting of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS).

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Gene therapy could reduce seizures in childhood epilepsy

Drug Discovery World

University College London (UCL) researchers have developed a new gene therapy to cure focal cortical dysplasia, which a new study shows can significantly reduce seizures in mice. The researchers plan to conduct a first-in-human clinical trial in the next five years.

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Rocket Pharmaceuticals’ gene therapy receives FDA RMAT designation

Pharmaceutical Technology

It can correct several disease elements associated with PKD, a rare, monogenic red blood cell disorder caused by a mutation in the PKLR gene. It can correct several disease elements associated with PKD, a rare, monogenic red blood cell disorder caused by a mutation in the PKLR gene.