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Orphan drugs and where to launch them: The keys to Europe’s forgotten territories

Pharmaceutical Technology

Due to the high price tags associated with these speciality medicines, innovators have naturally favoured big markets with high GDP such as the US and EU-5 (Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and the UK). According to Kahn, this results in a need for improved and optimised commercialisation solutions across the industry.

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Cartherics grants licence for CTH-004 to Shunxi

Pharmaceutical Technology

CTH-004 is developed by genetically altering patient T cells for inserting a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) to target a marker (TAG-72) on ovarian cancer cells and delete genes which are involved in T cell function suppression. Shunxi will also hold an option to negotiate rights to other CAR-T products, which include the licenced IP.

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Upcoming sickle cell gene therapies cost effective at $2 million, says ICER

Pharmaceutical Technology

Although the findings in the report are only preliminary, they shed light at the considerations behind the high price tags of gene therapies. Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that is caused by mutations in the HBB gene, which codes for the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin in red blood cells.

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What challenges does the advanced therapies sector face? 

Drug Discovery World

While there are multiple methods to address these challenges such as increased automation, optimised cell lines, and downstream processing methods to name a few, it will be an iterative process to collectively address challenges. Optimising these processes and exploring alternative delivery methods can bring down costs.

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Roche’s anti-amyloid beta antibody gantenerumab granted FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation in Alzheimer’s disease

The Pharma Data

This designation is predicated on data showing that gantenerumab significantly reduced brain amyloid pillar, a pathological hallmark of Notice, in the ongoing SCarlet RoAD and Marguerite RoAD open- tag extension trials, as well as other studies. Roche’s Chief Medical Officer and Head of Global Product Development.

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Q&A: A decade on, what’s next for CAR-T therapies?

Pharmaceutical Technology

But access to these treatments continues to remain limited due to high price tags and variable availability across regions. Currently, all approved CAR-T therapies are autologous, where T cells taken from patients are modified and then re-infused. Topic sponsors are not involved in the creation of editorial content.

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CSL doses first patient with haemophilia B gene therapy Hemgenix

Pharmaceutical Technology

The high price tag may be hard to defend , but with lifetime treatment costs for haemophilia B reaching as high as $23m for some, the single-dose treatment could prove far more cost-effective. Despite the limited market, the price tags of haemophilia make it potentially lucrative. Haemophilia B is a rare condition.