Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Skysona is indicated as a one-time gene therapy to slow the progression of cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD), a rare paediatric neurodegenerative disease in boys aged 4–17 years diagnosed with early-stage CALD. These approvals represent crucial milestones for bluebird bio, the gene therapy field, and patients with rare genetic diseases.

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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). The standard of care for the condition includes blood transfusions, hydroxyurea and iron chelation.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease, approving two on the same day. Both gene therapies are approved for individuals 12 years of age and older with sickle cell disease. Casgevy is also the first ever CRISPR/Cas9-based therapy approved in the US.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The children will continue to receive enzyme replacement therapy during treatment, but once the gene therapy begins to work, the research team say part of the trial aims to remove the need for weekly enzyme replacement therapy over the child’s lifetime, while the other aim is to safely target the brain disease suffered by these patients.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Vounatsos also insisted that Aduhelm’s price tag has not been a factor discouraging treatment with the drug. Biogen stumped up $1.525 billion upfront for rights to the drug and another Sage candidate for neurological diseases last year, when the expectation was that Aduhelm was unlikely to get FDA approval.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 11, 2021

Under the plans the company’s rare disease drugs will remain under the aegis of bluebird with current genetic disease president Andrew Obenshain taking the reins as CEO. million price tag. Meanwhile the as-yet unnamed oncology company will spin off under the leadership of bluebird’s current chief executive Nick Leschly.

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XTalks

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The treatment came with an initial price tag of $39,000 per vial, which amounts to a total of $575,00 each year. AHP is a life-threatening genetic condition caused by an inherited deficiency in the metabolic enzyme hydroxymethylbilane synthase (HMBS), also known as porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD).

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