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FDA approves first in vivo gene insertion programme in infants

Drug Discovery World

iECURE has been given the go-ahead to begin US trials of its investigational gene editing-based therapy in newborn males with neonatal onset Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency. The post FDA approves first in vivo gene insertion programme in infants appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Prime Medicine Gets FDA Okay for First Trial of Gene Editing Technique

BioSpace

The FDA has cleared a clinical trial of an ex vivo prime editing candidate in patients with a rare disease, Prime Medicine announced Monday. The technique taps CRISPR technology to rewrite defective genes without breaking DNA double helix strands.

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Regeneron, Intellia target neurological diseases in expanded gene editing deal

Bio Pharma Dive

The longtime partners believe that, by combining their technologies, they can create “in vivo” genetic medicines for nervous system and muscular disorders.

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Scribe and Prevail partner for CRISPR-based genetic medicines

Pharmaceutical Technology

Scribe Therapeutics has entered a strategic collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company subsidiary Prevail Therapeutics for accelerating in vivo CRISPR-based therapies to target the causes of serious neurological and neuromuscular diseases. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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Single-course in vivo base editing therapy proven to lower cholesterol

Drug Discovery World

It is caused by a single gene mutation that impairs the body’s ability to mediate LDL cholesterol. Since the mutation only affects a single gene, it makes it a prime candidate for genome editing treatments. Since the mutation only affects a single gene, it makes it a prime candidate for genome editing treatments.

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The Significance of the MHRA Approval and Upcoming FDA Review of the First Gene Editing Treatment

Worldwide Clinical Trials

Casgevy, the commercial product formerly known as exa-cel, is administered by taking stem cells out of a patient’s bone marrow and editing a gene in the cells in a laboratory, with the modified cells then infused back into the patient after conditioning treatment to prepare the bone marrow. In June 2023, the U.S.

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Moderna partners with Life Edit for mRNA gene editing therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

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. Our novel editing systems have the potential to precisely modify gene targets for both in vivo and ex vivo therapeutic development.”