Worldwide Clinical Trials

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Global Genes is a rare disease umbrella organization dedicated to eliminating the burdens and challenges of rare diseases for patients and families globally. Roughly 80% of rare diseases are due to a known genetic driver. The conference was sponsored by several rare disease drug developers, with dozens more in attendance.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 24, 2023

Moderna has entered a strategic partnership with Generation Bio for the development of non-viral genetic medicines. Moderna’s biological and technical expertise will be combined with core technologies of the non-viral genetic medicine platform from Generation Bio.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 7, 2022

Genetic mutations, both germline and acquired, are behind a large proportion of the most debilitating and sometimes life-threatening human diseases. Recent years have seen a steadily growing number of approvals for cell and gene therapies, which has spurred on the community to continue innovating in this space.

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Pharma Mirror

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Together, the addition of pDNA technology and production capabilities. The post Catalent to Acquire Delphi Genetics and Launch US Plasmid Manufacturing Site appeared first on Pharma Mirror Magazine. SOMERSET, N.J. Catalent is also announcing the launch of pDNA development and manufacturing services at its Rockville, Maryland facility.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 5, 2023

Capsida Biotherapeutics and Eli Lilly and Company ’s wholly owned subsidiary Prevail Therapeutics have announced a partnership for the development of non-invasive gene therapies for central nervous system (CNS) diseases. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva. By Cytiva Thematic.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 4, 2023

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Transcription factors for genetically modified cells. However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 24, 2023

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.

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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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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Moderna has entered a strategic research and development partnership with ElevateBio’s Life Edit Therapeutics to discover and develop new in-vivo mRNA gene editing therapies. The company will also receive tiered royalties on the worldwide net sales of products developed from the collaboration.

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Pharma Mirror

MAY 7, 2021

The leading Australian CRO for biotechs and Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific CRO Market Leadership Award winner, Avance Clinical, has expanded its gene technology clinical trial services to meet the increasing global demand predicted to reach $17.4 The post Avance Clinical Expands Gene Technology Clinical Trial Services to Meet $17.4

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BioPharma Reporter

MAY 6, 2022

CDMO Matica Bio has opened a new 45,000-square-foot facility dedicated to the production of viral vectors and cell-based products used in cell and gene therapies, vaccines, oncolytic therapies and other genetic medicines.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has authorised the world’s first gene therapy for sickle-cell disease (SCD) and transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT). Casgevy is designed to work by editing the faulty gene in a patient’s bone marrow stem cells so that the body produces functioning haemoglobin.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 23, 2023

Sarepta Therapeutics’ Elevidys has become the first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) to gain marketing authorisation in the US. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl), an adeno-associated virus (AAV) based gene therapy for the treatment of DMD.

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Camargo

MAY 2, 2021

Advances in scientific knowledge and growth in the cell and gene therapy space have led to a new and exciting era of medicine for patients, as well as a new motivation for regulators to provide clear, efficient pathways for product developers. Background: The Advancement of Cell and Gene Therapies.

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BioTech 365

MAY 20, 2021

Tenaya Therapeutics Receives Orphan Drug Designation and Presents Pre-Clinical Data for its Most Advanced Gene Therapy Product Candidate for Genetic Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Tenaya Therapeutics Receives Orphan Drug Designation and Presents Pre-Clinical Data for its Most Advanced Gene Therapy Product Candidate … Continue reading →

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STAT News

APRIL 17, 2023

Genetic engineering has the potential to transform how we raise animals for meat and other products, making food safer, improving animal health and welfare, and shrinking animal agriculture’s environmental footprint. Pigs that are less likely to induce allergic reactions in humans.

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The rapid scientific advancements that followed the mapping of the human genome have revealed just how staggeringly complex the world of genetics is. We now know that proteins are not just the products of genes, but that they also interact with genes, influencing and regulating the rhythm of their expression.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A complex journey Biotherapeutics discovery and development upstream encounters challenges in cell line development (CLD), clone screening and characterisation, scale up, and eventually production. Next-generation engineering tools, such as gene editing have enabled knock-out cell lines with enhanced characteristics.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 7, 2024

Where the bottlenecks of achieving higher cell density and higher titers were once thought to be issues of the past, hurdles have now shifted to achieving speed and scale in mAb production without sacrificing quality. DC: Antibodies have and remain a large product class within the biopharmaceutical market.

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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

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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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Vivet is a clinical stage biotech company developing gene therapies for rare inherited metabolic disorders. CTX is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder that affects the body’s ability to metabolise fats known as cholesterols. Vivet Therapeutics has received €4.9

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XTalks

APRIL 24, 2023

Approximately 72 percent of rare diseases are genetic, and around 70 percent of rare genetic diseases emerge in childhood. Eagleton recently spoke on a webinar with his colleagues from Medpace about lessons learned from successful approaches from rare disease and gene therapy product approvals.

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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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Advarra

MARCH 31, 2023

The use of engineered genetic materials in clinical trials is rapidly expanding, with potential applications for genetic vaccines, gene-modified cellular therapies, and gene therapies. A key part of the IBC’s evaluation is assessing the risks posed by the engineered genetic materials.

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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. . The disease is caused by anomalous repeating mutations in the huntingtin gene leading to abnormal protein aggregates in nerve cells.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The partnership aims to combine Exopharm’s LEAP technology together with BIA’s CIM (Convective Interaction Media) monolith chromatography for improved large-scale therapeutic exosome production and commercialisation. . The post Partnership hopes to improve large-scale exosome production appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first cell-based gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD), Casgevy and Lyfgenia. Casgevy, from Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics, is also the first FDA-approved treatment to use CRISPR gene editing technology.

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BioPharma Reporter

JANUARY 2, 2023

Last week saw Opus Genetics announce it had acquired the rights to two preclinical-stage adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapy product candidates for inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) from Iveric Bio.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Researchers say they have successfully used a cell’s natural process for making proteins to ‘slide’ genetic instructions into a cell and produce critical proteins missing from those cells. . Two methods currently used to deliver protein-making packages into cells, ‘mini promoters’ and serotype-mediated gene expression, vary widely.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Valentine — On November 22, 2022, FDA approved CSL Behring’s BLA for Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), an AAV-based gene therapy for the treatment of adults with Hemophilia B who currently use Factor IX prophylaxis therapy, have current or historical life-threatening hemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes.

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BioTech 365

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Agreement covers the development and manufacturing of AAV vectors, a key step for Sensorion’s gene therapy programs Agreement secures drug product development and manufacturing capacity for the Company’s Otoferlin program Gene therapy could revolutionize the treatment of genetic inner ear … Continue reading →

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

To further expand patient input into product development, the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) Office of Therapeutic Products or “OTP” (formerly the Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies, or “OTAT”) is holding a free public workshop titled, Clinical Trials: The Patient Experience.

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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. The post Sarepta says early filing for DMD gene therapy is back on appeared first on.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 23, 2023

DDW’s Megan Thomas caught up with George White , General Manager, Product Management, Cell & Gene Therapy at Cytiva, to learn more about the company’s insight into the CGT market. Key challenges for cell and gene therapies In order for cell and gene (CGT) therapies to succeed, George White identifies several challenges to overcome.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 28, 2023

Under the terms of the deal, the company will receive non-exclusive rights to CRISPR/Cas9, a gene-editing technology of CRISPR Therapeutics, for the development of potentially curative T1D cell therapies. The gene-editing technology allows for precise, directed changes to genomic DNA.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 17, 2024

DDW’s Diana Spencer speaks to Josh Mandel-Brehm , CEO of Massachusetts-based biotech CAMP4, to understand the role regulatory RNAs play in gene expression and how the founders overcame the challenge of launching a business based on brand new science. What are the advantages compared to other gene modulating approaches?

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