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ASH23: Pharma branding, Editas’ high bar and clinical trial diversity

Bio Pharma Dive

Editas had the tall task Monday of convincing ASH attendees its gene therapy for sickle cell disease could improve on Casgevy and Lyfgenia.

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Can gene therapies for haemophilia defend their high price tags?

Pharmaceutical Technology

On November 2, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) released its updated evidence aimed at measuring the clinical effectiveness and cost of the two haemophilia gene therapies. Known by the brand name Roctavian, BioMarin’s haemophilia A therapy valoctocogene roxaparvovec could be fairly priced in the range of $1.95–1.96

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PTC wins FDA approval for first brain-delivered gene therapy Kebilidi

Fierce Pharma

The FDA issued its first stamp of approval for a cell or gene therapy back in 2017 to Novartis' Kymriah. | The gene therapy has already been approved to treat AADC deficiency in Europe and the U.K., among other countries, where it's branded as Upstaza.

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Pfizer quickly expands its hemophilia B gene therapy's reach with EU approval

Fierce Pharma

Three months after bagging FDA approval, Pfizer’s hemophilia B gene therapy has been cleared to expand its reach across the pond. | The company's first gene therapy will debut in Europe as Durveqtix. the drug is approved under the brand name Beqvez. In the U.S.,

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CSL closes on EU approval for haemophilia B gene therapy

pharmaphorum

CSL’s gene therapy for haemophilia B has been recommended for approval by the EMA’s human medicine committee, setting up a decision by the European Commission early next year. The two companies are also planning to sell etranacogene dezaparvovec under the Hemgenix brand in the EU, assuming its gets approval.

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Déjà Vu: OPDP Again Targets Provider Branded Website of Accelerated Approval Drug in Second Untitled Letter of 2025

FDA Law Blog

By Sarah Wicks & Dara Katcher Levy FDAs Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued its second Untitled Letter of 2025 to Taiho Oncology (Taiho) for a healthcare provider branded website for its drug LYTGOBI (futibatinib). Mirati) about a healthcare professional branded website for KRAZATI (adagrasib).

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Hunting for human obesity genes in fat fruit flies

Scienmag

Fruit flies provide an effective platform for screening new obesity genes, and fat flies implicate a neuronal signaling pathway in weight gain, according to a new study publishing November 4th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Sadaf Farooqi and Andrea Brand of the University of Cambridge, UK, and colleagues.

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