Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 3, 2023

The deal will see Polyplus join the German life science group’s portfolio allowing the latter to leverage expertise in transfection reagents and plasmid DNA for gene therapy. Polyplus, based in Strasbourg, France, produces key components in the production of viral vectors used in cell and gene therapies.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Akouos focuses on developing adeno-associated viral gene therapies to treat inner ear conditions, including sensorineural hearing loss. It has combined expertise in otology, gene therapy and inner ear drug delivery to meet the requirements of individuals with disabling hearing loss globally.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 10, 2023

On 10 March, the National Health Service Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) opened a new Clinical Biotechnology Centre (CBC) with the aim of improving the UK’s ability to develop and manufacture cell and gene therapies. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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Bio Pharma Dive

MAY 21, 2021

The treatment, for a progressive, often deadly brain disease, could soon become Bluebird's third approved product and one of only a handful of marketed gene therapies in the world.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 25, 2023

ElevateBio has raised $401m in a Series D financing round for advancing its technology platforms to expedite the design, production and development of cell and gene therapies. ElevateBio intends to use the funds to advance its genetic medicine current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) and process development business, BaseCamp.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

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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Fierce Pharma

MARCH 14, 2024

After charting multiple personalized medicine expansions in recent years, contract manufacturer Charles River Laboratories is back with another gene therapy pact—this time centered on an adeno-asso | After charting multiple personalized medicine expansions in recent years, contract manufacturer Charles River Laboratories is back with another gene therapy (..)

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

4D Molecular Therapeutics (4DMT), the California-based biotechnology company focused on developing gene therapies for rare and large market diseases, has had the FDA place a clinical hold onto its Fabry disease (FD) gene therapy program (4D-310).

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 12, 2024

Discover how AstraZeneca's new patent revolutionizes AAV vector production with specific polynucleotide sequences, excluding cap genes.

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Camargo

JULY 27, 2021

How and When to Incorporate PK Design into Your Gene Therapy Development Plan. Gene therapy, which was in its infancy around 30 years ago, is now becoming a more prominent treatment method in many therapeutic areas, from personalized therapy to mass vaccinations against COVID-19. Gene Therapy Definition.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 24, 2023

Forge Biologics has joined the public-private collaboration, the Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium (BGTC), to expedite the development and manufacture of new AAV [adeno-associated virus] gene therapies to treat patients with rare diseases. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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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. Although no two rare disease patient communities are identical, there are common themes to the evolutionary arc of PAO maturation.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 16, 2023

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) has announced its plans to prioritise eight rare diseases to provide industry standards for manufacturing, preclinical testing and product analytical testing for gene therapy development. This will include pairing up indications with manufacturers amongst the BGTC’s partners.

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XTalks

JUNE 8, 2023

Over the past few years, there has been a significant expansion in the cell and gene therapy landscape, with an increasing number of therapies entering clinical trials and receiving regulatory approvals. “I think if we all go into these relationships with this mindset, we’ll achieve great things together.”

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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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Pharma Mirror

JANUARY 24, 2023

Science-based innovation for manufacturing high quality cells challenges dogma and terminology Cell and gene therapies are dominating the world of drug development. billion by 2026, up from $186 billion in 2019 according to the Evaluate Pharma report.

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BioPharma Reporter

JUNE 30, 2021

Cobra Biologics, the gene therapy division of the Charles River owned Cognate BioServices, and Sweden's CombiGene recently announced the successful production and quality assurance of the plasmids to be used in the GMP production of the gene therapy, CG01.

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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

JULY 7, 2022

For many decades, investigators have been working on innovative therapeutic modalities known as cell and gene therapies, which use modified versions of the body’s own cellular and genetic material to treat and potentially cure these diseases. A new frontier in cancer research. Cold chain logistics, meanwhile, have never been so important.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 25, 2023

Forge Biologics has received a qualified person (QP) declaration to manufacture adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapies to support European clinical programmes. The FBX-101 is an AAV serotype rh10 gene therapy, given intravenously following haematopoietic stem cell transplantation infusion.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Merck and Synplogen have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expedite the development and manufacturing of viral vector-based gene therapy applications. The firms intend to merge their expertise to provide simplified viral vector gene therapy development, production and testing in Japan. By Cytiva Thematic.

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BioPharma Reporter

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

MIP Discovery, a developer of non-biological affinity reagents designed to accelerate the production of cell and gene therapies, has closed a Â7 million Series A financing round, led by Mercia Ventures.

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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

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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Camargo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Many of the advancements included in PDUFA VII are driven in large part by an increase in the development of innovative products such as cell and gene therapies. The increase is designed to strengthen CBER’s capacity and capabilities for regulating cell and gene therapies. Enhancing Product Quality Reviews.

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Fierce Pharma

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Not even one year after becoming a commercial biotech, Krystal Biotech has blockbuster dreams for its flagship product. | In its first six months of commercial availability, Krystal's topical gene therapy Vyjuvek raked in more than $50 million.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 27, 2023

Bristol Myers Squibb will take over a former Novartis plant to boost viral vector production for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies. Bristol Myers Squibb stated that the facility will provide viral vector production capabilities for its two CAR T-cell therapies.

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Bio Pharma Dive

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The therapy, called Skysona and cleared to treat cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy, is the product of more than a decade of work by Bluebird. It will cost $3 million.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 2, 2023

Rentschler Biopharma has collaborated with Ikarovec for expediting the new gene therapies to treat ophthalmic disease. The company is developing new and differentiated gene therapies for the treatment of serious, but common eye diseases. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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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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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 8, 2023

GenScript ProBio has collaborated with the New York Blood Center Enterprises’ business unit, called Comprehensive Cell Solutions (CCS), to accelerate the development and manufacture of cell and gene therapies. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 9, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to commence commercial production at Bristol Myers Squibb’s new advanced cell therapy manufacturing facility in Devens, Massachusetts. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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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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Bio Pharma Dive

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Executives at the biotech say they’re trying to get ahead of the payer and production challenges that will face their gene editing treatment exa-cel, which is now under FDA review.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Pharmaceutical companies Xcell Biosciences (Xcellbio) and aCGT Vector have partnered to expedite the development of cell and gene therapies. The two companies will aim to improve the manufacturing and analytic procedures used to develop personalised cell and gene therapies to treat cancer patients.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 13, 2023

Two gene therapies up for approval this year for sickle cell disease could be cost effective in some cases at a $2 million price point, based on a draft evidence report published by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER). Also known as lovo-cel, bluebird bio’s product is a lentiviral gene therapy.

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BioPharma Reporter

AUGUST 10, 2023

AGC Biologics, a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has completed the expansion of its manufacturing space at its Milan Cell and Gene Center of Excellence production site.

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