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Bluebird’s $2.8M Gene Therapy Zynteglo Wins Landmark FDA Approval for Beta Thalassemia

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Along with beti-cel, there is one being developed for sickle cell (approved in Europe as Skysona or eli-cel) and another being jointly developed with Bristol Myers Squibb for melanoma. But bluebird bio has said such setbacks are expected for a company at the frontier of developing gene therapies for rare diseases.

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Second unanimous FDA adcomm vote boosts bluebird bio

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bluebird bio started last week on tenterhooks, as FDA advisors cast their eyes over data for two gene therapy candidates that are key to its future as a commercially viable concern. Beti-cel has already been approved for marketing in Europe as Zynteglo, with a price tag of around $1.8

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bluebird bio to split into oncology and gene therapy specialists

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US biotech bluebird bio has announced plans to split into two this year, with a separate oncology business spinning off as the company prepares to bring its products to market. The gene therapy firm will be focused on its most important therapies in beta-thalassemia, cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy and sickle cell disease in the US And Europe.

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Bluebird Bio’s Skysona Receives FDA Approval and Becomes World’s Most Expensive Drug

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The drug took over the world’s most expensive drug title from fellow bluebird bio gene therapy Zynteglo, which received FDA approval last month, by just a couple of hundred grand as Zynteglo costs $2.8 The record-breaking price tag of Skysona is not surprising for one-time gene therapies like it. Related: Bluebird’s $2.8M

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bluebird unveils $2.8m price for gene therapy Zynteglo on FDA approval

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bluebird bio’s Zynteglo has become the first cell-based gene therapy to be approved in the US, getting the nod from the FDA as a treatment for patients with beta thalassaemia who require regular blood transfusions. bluebird has opted to launch it at a cost of $2.8 million, which compares to the $1.7

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Roctavian okay sets up another gene therapy test for Europe

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BioMarin Pharma has its landmark first approval for Roctavian – the first for a haemophilia gene therapy – and will now have to see if that can convert that into a viable business in Europe. The post Roctavian okay sets up another gene therapy test for Europe appeared first on. million spread over five years.

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CHMP backs J&J’s myeloma CAR-T therapy Carvykti

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The decision comes less than a month after Carvykti was approved by the FDA as a fifth-line therapy for multiple myeloma, teeing up a tussle in the market with Bristol-Myers Squibb and bluebird bio spinout 2seventy’s Abecma (idecabtagene autoleucel) which was approved for a similar indication last year.