Medical Xpress

MAY 16, 2023

That was the case when Thilini Gamage was to carry out one of the studies in her doctoral work with Professor Eirik Frengen at the Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo. They study gene variation and mutations that cause rare genetic diseases. A mutation is a permanent change in the genetic material.

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STAT News

MARCH 1, 2023

Tessera Therapeutics chief scientist Michael Holmes had just finished presenting a much-anticipated peek at a technology the company had previously said could “ revolutionize genetic medicine ” and “cure nearly any genetic disease.”

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Scienmag

MAY 7, 2021

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, May 7, 2021 – In a paper published today in Nature Communications, an international group of collaborators led by researchers at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh have identified a genetic cause of a rare neurological disorder marked by developmental delay and loss of coordination, or ataxia.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 4, 2023

The approval allows KALYDECO to be used in infants who have at least one mutation in their cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene that is responsive to the therapy, on the basis of clinical and/or in vitro assay results. The medicine is currently available for use in more than 30 countries.

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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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Scienmag

MAY 2, 2022

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – May 2, 2022 — Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists working on CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing technology have developed a method to increase efficiency of editing while minimizing DNA deletion sizes, a key step toward developing gene editing therapies to treat genetic diseases.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 19, 2023

Although only a small number of gene therapies have reached the market thus far, the industry is poised to grow quickly over the next few years. According to GlobalData’s clinical trials database, there are currently 1,231 planned and ongoing trials for gene therapies and gene-modified cell therapies alone.

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XTalks

MAY 17, 2023

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) announced this week that the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium (AMP BGTC) has selected eight rare diseases for its clinical trial portfolio.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 4, 2022

AstraZeneca’s rare disease firm Alexion is set to expand its genomic medicine portfolio with the acquisition of gene editing specialist LogicBio Therapeutics, in a deal worth approximately $68 million. The post AstraZeneca pays record 660% premium for gene editing company LogicBio appeared first on.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 22, 2023

Vyjuvek is a non-invasive, topical, re-dosable gene therapy that delivers functional human COL7A1 gene copies to offer wound healing. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva. The regulatory approval was supported by data from the GEM-1/2 and GEM-3 clinical trials.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 23, 2022

A Phase I/II clinical trial targeting a treatment for Huntington’s Disease (HD) using a gene therapy has been given the clearance to go ahead in France. . A rare inherited neurodegenerative disease, it’s thought to affect 62,000 people in the European Union.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 22, 2023

The proposed joint clinical assessment methodology would have rejected nearly 90% of the ATMPs currently authorised in the EU, claims the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM). ARM reviewed the 18 ATMPs with EU marketing authorisation, including cell and gene therapies for serious, sometimes fatal genetic diseases and blood cancers.

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Scienmag

APRIL 21, 2021

New approach to gene therapy can correct any disease-causing mutation within a gene UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.

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Scienmag

MAY 26, 2022

— CRISPR has ushered in the era of genomic medicine. A line of powerful tools has been developed from the popular CRISPR-Cas9 to cure genetic diseases. ITHACA, N.Y.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Expeditious and accurate diagnoses are necessary for patients to access healthcare services and treatment options for rare genetic diseases. Increasing the efficiency of case analysis and interpretation is essential to providing timely care for patients with genetic diseases.

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XTalks

APRIL 24, 2023

Rare diseases can often be progressive, chronic and fatal. Approximately 72 percent of rare diseases are genetic, and around 70 percent of rare genetic diseases emerge in childhood. Sadly, one-third of children with rare diseases die before their first birthday.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Developer Immusoft has received FDA Orphan Drug Designation and Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for the therapy, designated ISP-001, in this indication. MPS I is a rare, genetic disease that affects the body’s ability to produce the enzyme alpha-L-iduronidase (IDUA).

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 8, 2023

The manufacturer, Genethon, is a non-profit gene therapy R&D organisation founded by the French Muscular Dystrophy Association (AFM-Telethon). “We’re excited about the EMA’s PRIME recognition of GNT-0003,” said Genethon CEO Frederic Revah. “If The trial is taking place in three countries: France, Italy and the Netherlands.

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have published a study showing a promising approach to using drug repurposing to treat genetic diseases. A team from the […].

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 24, 2021

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 If approved, it could mount a challenge to bluebird bio’s gene therapy Zynteglo, which is already approved in Europe.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 12, 2023

Under the research partnership deal, the companies will develop new precision genetic medicines for a severe form of genetic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Our pipeline of programmes focused on neuromuscular and cardiac rare disease gives us deep insight into the diverse and complex nature of dilated cardiomyopathy.”.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Genomic healthcare data is critical to identify disease risk, ancestry, traits and response to medicines and aids in the development of new targeted therapies – precision medicines. WGS and Dante’s genomic reports will provide information about predisposition to genetic diseases, genetic carrier information and more.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 17, 2022

The rights to the oRNA-LNP technology platform of Orna will be retained by the company, which will also progress various other fully owned programmes in oncology and genetic disease areas. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 20, 2022

Armed with a $100 million second-round financing, CAMP4 Therapeutics is preparing to start the first clinical trial of a drug targeting regulatory RNA (regRNA) molecules that can be used to fine-tune the expression of genes. ” The post CAMP4 raises $100m to take lead RNA drugs into clinic appeared first on.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 11, 2022

David Lewandowski, Business Director of Cell & Gene Therapy at Azenta Life Sciences, explains how efficient sample management can help to work efficiently and bring therapies to market faster. The global cell and gene therapy (CGT) market reached a value of ~$4 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow to ~$34 billion by 2030 1.

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Scienmag

JUNE 23, 2021

A Canadian research team has uncovered a new mechanism involved in Bourneville tuberous sclerosis (BTS), a genetic disease of childhood. The team hypothesizes that a mutation in the TSC1 gene causes neurodevelopmental disorders that develop in conjunction with the disease.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has recommended the use of Libmeldy for the treatment of the rare genetic disease metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). Related: Gene Silencing Porphyria Treatment, Givlaari, Finally Wins Over England’s NICE Amid Stellar Long-Term Data. million (approximately $3.8 million USD).

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 21, 2023

UK researchers, from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and collaborators, have used human stem cells and neurons to investigate what features influence how well CRISPR activation works for different sets of genes. CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) is a type of CRISPR gene editing that is used to overexpress certain genes.

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Scienmag

APRIL 6, 2021

Researchers developed a new animal model to study a rare genetic disease that can lead to blindness at the age of 40-50.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A recent study revealed that traditional research sources are missing evidence for up to 70% of clinically encountered variants, information that is essential to developing treatments for genetic disorders. This lack of comprehensive data increases the risk of program failure in clinical trials. .

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Known as myofibrillar myopathies, these rare genetic diseases lead to progressive muscle wasting, affecting muscle function and causing weakness. Credit: Credit: Stephen Greenspan.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Dravet syndrome is a severe and progressive genetic epilepsy characterized by frequent, prolonged and refractory seizures that usually begin within the first year of life. The disease is classified as a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy due to the developmental delays and cognitive impairment associated with the disease.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Roche’s oral treatment Evrysdi for the rare genetic disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) will be made available on the NHS in England, after NICE reached a three-year access agreement with the company. million price tag make it is the most expensive treatment ever approved for NHS funding.

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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. “Today’s approval brings us closer to our ultimate goal of providing medicines for all people with CF,” said Vertex’s chief executive Reshma Kewalramani.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 8, 2023

Innovation S-curve for the pharmaceutical industry Zinc-finger nucleases is a key innovation area in pharmaceutical Zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) are tools used in genetic engineering to cleave a chosen genomic sequence. ZFNs are also used to create a new generation of genetic disease models called isogenic human disease models.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

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. With this approval, Imcivree becomes the first-ever FDA approved therapy for these rare genetic diseases of obesity. BOSTON, Nov.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Oxbryta is the first medicine approved in Europe that directly prevents sickle haemoglobin (HbS) polymerisation, the molecular basis of sickling and destruction of red blood cells in SCD, and has been tipped to become a $1 billion-plus blockbuster at peak.

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