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

Pharmaceutical Technology

Last month, Zynteglo (betibeglogene autotemcel), or beti-cel, was approved as a one-time potentially curative gene therapy for patients with beta-thalassaemia who require regular blood transfusions. These approvals represent crucial milestones for bluebird bio, the gene therapy field, and patients with rare genetic diseases.

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Cost of disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis continues to rise in US

Pharmaceutical Technology

While MS is not a terminal diagnosis, the effect of the disease on the CNS can significantly impact patients’ independence and disturb their daily lives. DMTs for MS have a high price tag, particularly in the US. However, they cannot provide a cure and have a very limited impact on halting disease progression.

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Risk-sharing agreements are growing at a rate of 24%

Pharmaceutical Technology

This is not the first treatment to come with a high price tag. The three agreed on a confidential price, and the TLV determined whether the drug was cost effective for the eligible patient population. million, according to GlobalData’s Price Intelligence (POLI), making it the most expensive drug in the world.

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

Pharmaceutical Technology

Others judge its success based on the fact that 95% of rare diseases still have no available therapies and patient needs remain unmet. For example, while orphan drug designations have more than doubled in the last decade compared to the previous one, only 16% of therapies with orphan tags have managed to gain FDA approval in some indications.

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Versanis’ bimagrumab, first-in-class obesity therapy, enters Phase IIb of development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Furthermore, bimagrumab is a long-acting therapy, thus significantly reducing the number of treatment days in comparison to many currently marketed and late-stage pipeline therapies. Despite its high price tag, bimagrumab’s unique features set it apart from currently marketed therapies.

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Global (68M) cardiomyopathies market projected to grow to $9.63bn by 2031

Pharmaceutical Technology

This extrapolation leverages data from GlobalData’s World Markets Healthcare and PharmOnline International databases to expand the number of markets in GlobalData’s patient-based sales forecast model from seven major markets (7MM) to 68 markets (68M). of sales in 2021 and 2031 respectively.

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Grand Rounds January 12, 2024: Design and Implementation of a Weighted Lottery to Equitably Allocate Scarce Covid-19 Resources (Erin K. McCreary, PharmD, BCIDP)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

UPMC did not allow patients to receive experimental COVID-19 therapies outside of the context of a clinical trial and used the REMAP-CAP platform, a global pragmatic adaptive trial platform, in all clinic sites. Every patient with COVID-19 was automatically considered. Patients were screened by local teams at each site.