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Rocket agrees to acquire biotech firm Renovacor

Pharmaceutical Technology

Renovacor focuses on offering precision treatments for genetic cardiovascular and mechanistically-related ailments. The most advanced programme of the company is adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapy, REN-001. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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STAT+: Verve Therapeutics begins human tests of first ‘base editor,’ aiming at heart disease

STAT News

The treatment is aimed at a relatively common form of high cholesterol that affects millions of people, a very different population than those normally treated with gene therapies. The company studying the treatment, Verve Therapeutics, announced the news Tuesday. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Evinacumab could help some patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia

Scienmag

Patients’ genetic profile strongly influences size of effect in early-phase trial People with extremely high levels of triglycerides (a type of fat in the blood) and a specific genetic profile saw a substantial reduction in triglycerides after taking the human monoclonal antibody evinacumab compared with those taking a placebo, in a study presented (..)

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Content Marketing Campaigns: How Pharma Brands Engage HCPs & Patients

Pharma Marketing Network

Scientific blogs discussing new advancements in oncology, cardiology, or rare diseases. For example, a LinkedIn article on the future of gene therapy can position a brand as an authority in genetic medicine, attracting biotech investors, researchers, and prescribing physicians.

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Pfizer Investor Day Features Significant Number of Pipeline Advances for COVID-19 Programs and Across Numerous Therapeutic Areas

The Pharma Data

Pfizer’s Rare Disease late-stage pipeline currently includes three gene therapy programs that, if successful, are expected to gain regulatory approval by the end of 2023, with an additional pipeline of 10 preclinical initiatives that are at various stages of maturity. and -50.4%