8 key clinical trials to watch for the rest of 2021
Bio Pharma Dive
JUNE 21, 2021
The next six months could feature clinical milestones for CRISPR gene editing, the treatment of COVID-19, microbiome drugs and gene-targeted cancer therapy.
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Bio Pharma Dive
JUNE 21, 2021
The next six months could feature clinical milestones for CRISPR gene editing, the treatment of COVID-19, microbiome drugs and gene-targeted cancer therapy.
Worldwide Clinical Trials
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Casgevy, the commercial product formerly known as exa-cel, is administered by taking stem cells out of a patient’s bone marrow and editing a gene in the cells in a laboratory, with the modified cells then infused back into the patient after conditioning treatment to prepare the bone marrow.
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pharmaphorum
JANUARY 29, 2021
Cutting edge’ is, for once, a truly apt description when it comes to gene editing – both because the field is pushing medicine into areas we might never have dreamed possible, and because these technologies involve literally cutting DNA at a specific point in the genome. Zinc fingers.
Rethinking Clinical Trials
JULY 31, 2024
Adrian Hernandez In this Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Adrian Hernandez of Duke University will present “Precision Health to Population Health: Opportunities and Challenges for Gene Editing Therapies.” He is a co–principal investigator of the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Coordinating Center.
Worldwide Clinical Trials
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
By Amy Raymond, PhD, PMP, Executive Director, Therapeutic Strategy Lead, Rare Disease Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) include cutting-edge approaches that offer the hope of a healthier, happier, and better tomorrow for a wide range of patient populations. The global nature of cell and gene therapy trials adds another layer of complexity.
Camargo
JULY 27, 2021
How and When to Incorporate PK Design into Your Gene Therapy Development Plan. Gene therapy, which was in its infancy around 30 years ago, is now becoming a more prominent treatment method in many therapeutic areas, from personalized therapy to mass vaccinations against COVID-19. Gene Therapy Definition.
BioPharma Reporter
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
have received the green light from Health Canada for their Clinical Trial Application for VCTX210: an allogeneic, gene-edited, immune-evasive, stem cell-derived therapy for the treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D). CRISPR Therapeutics and ViaCyte, Inc.
Pharmaceutical Technology
JUNE 15, 2023
Verve Therapeutics and Eli Lilly and Company have entered an exclusive research partnership to advance the former’s preclinical stage in vivo gene editing programme targeting lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) to treat atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Lilly will provide funding for the Phase I clinical trials.
STAT News
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Verve Therapeutics said Monday that its experimental gene-editing treatment for a common form of heart disease was placed on clinical hold by the Food and Drug Administration, potentially delaying an ongoing, early-stage clinical trial. The Cambridge, Mass.-based Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…
AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
We are witnessing a revolution in healthcare, driven by advances in genetics, Omics, RNA and CRISPR gene-editing technology, to deliver precision and personalised medicine, said Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, executive chairperson, Biocon and Biocon Biologics. Biology is opening up new frontiers in medicine.
Worldwide Clinical Trials
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Global Genes is a rare disease umbrella organization dedicated to eliminating the burdens and challenges of rare diseases for patients and families globally. Over the years, I have attended several Global Genes Summits. Roughly 80% of rare diseases are due to a known genetic driver.
BioSpace
APRIL 29, 2024
The FDA has cleared a clinical trial of an ex vivo prime editing candidate in patients with a rare disease, Prime Medicine announced Monday. The technique taps CRISPR technology to rewrite defective genes without breaking DNA double helix strands.
pharmaphorum
OCTOBER 8, 2020
Scribe Therapeutics, a start-up focusing on gene-editing using CRISPR/Cas9, has burst onto the biotech scene with a $415 million deal with Biogen. Further back in development are drugs that will be administered to edit genes within the body, but the first of these candidates are now in clinical trials.
Pharmaceutical Technology
APRIL 4, 2023
Formerly known as CTX001, exa-cel is an investigational, autologous, ex vivo CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy. The BLAs are supported by data obtained from the ongoing Phase III CLIMB-111 and CLIMB-121 trials, along with an ongoing long-term follow-up CLIMB-131 trial.
pharmaphorum
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Vertex Pharma and partner CRISPR Therapeutics will start a rolling marketing application in the US for their gene-editing drug for sickle cell disease (SCD) and beta thalassaemia later this year. The time places exa-cel in pole position to become the first drug developed based on CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology to reach the market.
Pharmaceutical Technology
APRIL 28, 2023
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an Orphan Drug Designation to Editas Medicine’s gene therapy EDIT-301 in sickle cell disease, based on an April 27 announcement. The US agency previously granted the Orphan Drug Designation to EDIT-301 for its study in beta thalassemia, in May 2022.
pharmaphorum
JUNE 12, 2022
A gene-editing drug developed by CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharma has continued to show impressive results in clinical trial, with an update at the EHA congress showing long-term effects on the symptoms of both beta thalassaemia and sickle cell disease. billion product if it gets approved for both indications. .”
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
A single dose of a gene-editing drug being developed by Intellia Therapeutics almost eliminated attacks in patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE) in a clinical trial, pointing to the potential of CRISPR-based drugs delivered in vivo to treat diseases.
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 24, 2022
A lead product candidate of the company, GTP-506 is a single-dose gene editing therapy. The ARCUS nuclease vector (GTP-506A) targets gene editing in the PCSK9 gene locus that is well characterised, while the therapeutic donor vector (GTP-506D) introduces the OTC gene to provide the required genetic correction.
Scienmag
JANUARY 19, 2021
publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 19, 2021–Gene editing therapies, including CRISPR-Cas systems, offer the potential to correct mutations causing inherited retinal degenerations, a leading cause of blindness. Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.,
STAT News
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
A man with muscular dystrophy who was first in line to receive an experimental gene editing therapy tailor made to treat the cause of his rare form of the disease has died. Terry had long been too old to participate in clinical trials of experimental therapies for the disease, which are often geared towards young boys.
Worldwide Clinical Trials
MAY 30, 2024
Authors: Rich Worldwide Clinical Trials Exec. This trend is on the rise despite recent disappointments with clinical trial outcomes, which have the potential to destabilize the industry in the short term regarding drug development strategy and optimal study designs. Director, Therapeutic Area Medical Lead.
pharmaphorum
JUNE 23, 2022
Novartis has shouldered its way into the in vivo gene editing category via a deal with US biotech Precision BioSciences, focused on a therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD). It is also working with Eli Lilly on in vivo gene-editing drugs against three targets, including one in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, under the terms of a $1.4
XTalks
AUGUST 29, 2022
Now a common gene editing tool, the popularity of the CRISPR-Cas9 system has increased over the past decade. CRISPR is notable for engineering living cells, allowing scientists to edit, turn off, delete, or replace genes in a cell’s genome. From the Bench to Patient Therapeutics.
Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Vita Therapeutics intends to use the funding to advance its lead pre-clinical programme VTA-100 for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD2A) to clinical trials. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva. It is now undergoing investigational IND-enabling studies.
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Dr Jennifer Harbottle, senior scientist in the R&D Base Editing team of PerkinElmer’s Horizon Discovery business, looks at progress made in the realms of biotechnology and next-generation diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics, including the application of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in developing and refining cell therapies.
BioSpace
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Read about TFF Pharmaceuticals and Augmenta Bioworks' dry powder COVID-19 antibody formula, the world's first gene editing clinical trial for PKU, Bayer's COVID-19 vaccine and other key developments in life sciences research.
pharmaphorum
OCTOBER 7, 2020
Drs Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna have won this year’s Nobel Prize for chemistry in recognition of their work on the gene-editing technology CRISPR/Cas9. million) Nobel Prize award. “In
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. It also affects Hispanic Americans, but at a lower prevalence.
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
As investment in gene therapies continues to grow rapidly, more effectively engaging patients throughout development has become a priority for any company serious about building safer and more meaningful gene therapy programs. The post 2nd Annual Gene Therapy Patient Engagement Summit appeared first on.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MARCH 2, 2023
Attributes of the drug, company and its clinical trials play a fundamental role in drug-specific PTSR and likelihood of approval. The company develops gene-editing organ transplantation technology. QN-023a overview QN-023a is under development for the treatment of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
pharmaphorum
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
As of 2018, there were over 1,100 cancer therapies in development, and as of 2020, 362 of them were cell and gene therapies. Aligning with the focus of the Cancer Moonshot Research Initiative , PACT aimed to “retrospectively analyse patient data” from past clinical trials with the goal of “predicting future patient outcomes.”.
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Snipping out this viral code with powerful CRISPR gene editing technology, which last year won Drs Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna the Nobel Prize for chemistry, would in theory prevent the need for drugs to suppress the virus and the development of AIDS.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MARCH 2, 2023
Attributes of the drug, company and its clinical trials play a fundamental role in drug-specific PTSR and likelihood of approval. The company develops gene-editing organ transplantation technology. Hangzhou Qihan Biotechnology overview Hangzhou Qihan Biotechnology is a healthcare company.
XTalks
JANUARY 26, 2024
Innovations in Cancer Therapy CRISPR/Cas9, a groundbreaking gene-editing technology, has demonstrated significant potential in oncology, offering new avenues for cancer treatment. By editing these genes, researchers can effectively neutralize their cancer-promoting effects.
WCG Clinical
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Clinical trials are the cornerstone of advancing medical research, but behind the science, the experiences of participants and their families offer invaluable insight into how research impacts real lives. Advances in research, such as gene editing and cellular therapies, have opened new treatment possibilities for both conditions.
Pharmaceutical Technology
JANUARY 19, 2023
While allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT) provide long-term benefit to a subset of AML patients, other cell therapy modalities such as natural killer (NK) cells or chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells have failed to show conclusive benefit in late-stage clinical trials.
XTalks
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
After spending almost an entire day deliberating the safety of Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ and CRISPR Therapeutics’ CRISPR-based gene therapy exa-cel for sickle cell disease, a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel appears to be satisfied with what it saw. CRISPR works as genetic scissors to edit parts of the genome.
The Pharma Data
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Blood disease trial participants given Vertex’s and CRISPR Therapeutics’ CRISPR/Cas9-based gene-editing therapy CTX001 demonstrated a “consistent and sustained response” to the treatment, according to new phase 1/2 trial data the companies have announced.
XTalks
DECEMBER 20, 2023
This includes analyzing how drug combinations may impact individual patients or groups of patients before even entering a clinical trial. With a staggering 90 percent of drugs failing in clinical trials, AI has the potential to help improve these statistics.
pharmaphorum
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
SparingVision has raised €75 million in second-round funding that will be used to fund clinical trials of gene therapies for ocular diseases retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The current schedule is for trials to start in 2024, with first safety and efficacy data coming a year later.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MARCH 1, 2023
Attributes of the drug, company and its clinical trials play a fundamental role in drug-specific PTSR and likelihood of approval. Merck also provides a wide range of products including lab water systems, gene editing tools, cell lines, antibodies and end-to-end systems.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MARCH 1, 2023
Attributes of the drug, company and its clinical trials play a fundamental role in drug-specific PTSR and likelihood of approval. Merck also provides a wide range of products including lab water systems, gene editing tools, cell lines, antibodies and end-to-end systems.
pharmaphorum
JULY 13, 2021
Novo Nordisk also gets rights to the remainder of Dublin-based Prothena’s ATTR amyloidosis programme under the terms of the deal, although PRX004 is the only candidate that has reached the clinical trials stage. All told, the deal could be worth up to $1.2
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