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Orchard sets new gene therapy price tag at $4.25M—the steepest of any drug in the US

Fierce Pharma

After scoring an FDA nod Monday for the first gene therapy to treat the rare genetic disease metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) in the U.S., Kyowa Kirin and its subsidiary Orchard Therapeutics have | After scoring an FDA nod Monday for the first gene therapy to treat the rare genetic disease metachromatic leukodystrophy in the U.S.,

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‘Click’ chemistry used to tag proteins made by cancer cells 

Drug Discovery World

The new method involves adding chemical tags to sugar molecules which are added to cells. The researchers genetically modify the cell type they want to study, so that only this type adds the sugar to its proteins. The post ‘Click’ chemistry used to tag proteins made by cancer cells appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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#news #biotech Basking sharks travel in extended families with their own ‘gourmet maps’ of feeding spots, genetic tagging reveals

BioTech 365

Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: Basking sharks travel in extended families with their own ‘gourmet maps’ of feeding spots, genetic tagging reveals.Picture the scene.

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bluebird bio wins back-to-back landmark FDA approvals for first-in-class gene therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

These approvals represent crucial milestones for bluebird bio, the gene therapy field, and patients with rare genetic diseases. Spark Therapeutics’ Luxturna, indicated for inherited retinal disease (IRD), was the first gene therapy to be approved, in 2017, with a price tag of $850,000 for each eye.

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Women in Science Who Have Paved the Way Forward in Genetics

XTalks

This has ushered in a new era of genomics that is fostering rapid, detailed and personalized insights into human genetics. Xtalks is celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science with a special overview of notable female scientists who have made revolutionary contributions to the field of genetics. Rosalind Franklin.

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A gene therapy for hemophilia that costs $3.5 million gets FDA approval

Medical Xpress

People with one form of the genetic blood disorder hemophilia now have a one-time treatment with a $3.5 million price tag.

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Free access to Zolgensma curbed, says Novartis

pharmaphorum

First introduced in 2020, the global Managed Access Programme (gMAP) has provided Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) free of charge to nearly 300 children with the genetic disorder across 36 countries where the therapy has not yet received approval or in which no formal access pathway exists.