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Rare Disease Spotlight – tracing the rise of orphan drug designations over almost 40 years

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put a high-profile bluebird bio trial for sickle cell disease on partial clinical hold, and advisory panels deliberated over decisions involving gene therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD), and beta-thalassemia.

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Amylyx ALS drug draws criticism over $158,000 price tag

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Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ Relyvrio – a new treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) approved by the FDA on Thursday, after review of the data from its phase 2 trial – was the next day set at a list price of $158,000 per year in the US, sparking outcry. ALS affects over 30,000 people in the US.

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Biogen’s Aduhelm rollout goes from bad to worse

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Vounatsos also insisted that Aduhelm’s price tag has not been a factor discouraging treatment with the drug. Pushback from doctors in particular is causing anxiety for investors, as that may not be affected much if CMS opts to approve reimbursement, and shares in the company fell a little over 6% following the results announcement.

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Clover biopharmaceuticals raises $230 M; BrainStorm after ALS; BARDA grants $5.65 M LightDeck for SARS-CoV-2 antigen test; Libtayo for first-line advanced NSCLC subset

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The company plans to use the capital to expand its pipeline of protein-based vaccines and biologic cancer therapies utilizing its innovative and proprietary Trimer-Tag technology platform. The company develops transformative biologics including vaccines and therapeutics for the world’s most debilitating diseases.