STAT News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Moderna is aiming to build a gene editing franchise powered by some of the same technologies used in its COVID-19 vaccines. The Cambridge biotech company announced Wednesday that it will partner with Life Edit Therapeutics to develop potentially permanent treatments for rare genetic diseases and other conditions.

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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). The company will receive a combined upfront payment and equity investment of $60m.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

CGTs address rare and complex diseases at the root cause with increasing use in cancer, genetic disorders, and autoimmune diseases. Despite their exciting potential, the smooth operation of cell therapy development trials requires extraordinary orchestration, perfectly aligning the product and patient journeys.

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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. Formulation Considerations.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Expanding upon the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system, researchers at MIT have designed a new technique called PASTE gene editing that can cut out defective genes and replace them with new genes in a safer and more efficient way. The PASTE gene editing technique was recently published in Nature Biotechnology.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 25, 2023

ElevateBio has raised $401m in a Series D financing round for advancing its technology platforms to expedite the design, production and development of cell and gene therapies. ElevateBio intends to use the funds to advance its genetic medicine current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) and process development business, BaseCamp.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 28, 2023

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has signed a new non-exclusive licensing agreement with CRISPR Therapeutics to expedite the development of its hypoimmune cell therapies to treat type 1 diabetes (T1D). The gene-editing technology allows for precise, directed changes to genomic DNA.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 8, 2023

Biotechnology company Hopewell Therapeutics has raised $25m in seed financing to accelerate the development of next-generation lipid nanoparticles for targeted delivery of genomic medicines. Hopewell Therapeutics is engaged in discovering, synthesising and developing advanced ttLNPs to provide next-generation genomic medicines.

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Scienmag

MAY 2, 2022

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – May 2, 2022 — Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists working on CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing technology have developed a method to increase efficiency of editing while minimizing DNA deletion sizes, a key step toward developing gene editing therapies to treat genetic diseases.

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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.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 4, 2022

AstraZeneca’s rare disease firm Alexion is set to expand its genomic medicine portfolio with the acquisition of gene editing specialist LogicBio Therapeutics, in a deal worth approximately $68 million. The post AstraZeneca pays record 660% premium for gene editing company LogicBio appeared first on.

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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.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Gene therapies are an attractive way of targeting the underlying genetic mutations, but traditional approaches cannot be used while targeting mutations for Dravet Syndrome, forcing researchers to develop new ways. Meanwhile, others are researching the link between gene variation and different responses to treatments.

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BioPharma Reporter

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The messenger RNA (mRNA) specialist Moderna has teamed up with ElevateBio-owned Life Edit Therapeutics to develop gene editing therapies that are delivered into patients in vivo.

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Scienmag

AUGUST 18, 2020

Credit: Rasgon Lab, Penn State Researchers who developed an improved method of gene editing for the study of arthropods will expand the technology for use in vertebrate species such as mice, fish and birds after receiving new funding from the National Science Foundation.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 24, 2021

Vertex Pharma has ramped up its involvement in gene-editing medicines for the third time in a matter of months, agreeing a partnership with CRISPR specialist Arbor Biotechnologies that could be worth up to $1.2 If approved, it could mount a challenge to bluebird bio’s gene therapy Zynteglo, which is already approved in Europe.

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STAT News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

A new CRISPR startup — backed by some big names in venture capital — is planning to develop gene-editing treatments that can insert a genetic sequence of any length, at any location in the DNA strand, according to industry insiders and documents.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Gene therapies and research into them have grown immensely in recent years, offering more novel tools in regenerative medicine to fight disease, including rare diseases and genetic disorders. Beta-thalassemia is a rare blood disorder caused by a genetic defect in hemoglobin. Novartis also recently inked an up-to $1.5

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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). billion in potential milestones if the project advances through development and onto the market. billion agreement that started in 2020.

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Scienmag

MAY 26, 2022

A line of powerful tools has been developed from the popular CRISPR-Cas9 to cure genetic diseases. ITHACA, N.Y. — CRISPR has ushered in the era of genomic medicine.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

OCTOBER 24, 2023

While this is a small number of people in each rare disease patient community, the significant and continued growth of rare disease drug development is unsurprising given that there are over 10,000 rare diseases , with more being discovered every year. Roughly 80% of rare diseases are due to a known genetic driver.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 23, 2021

Vertex Pharma has ramped up its involvement in gene-editing medicines for the second time in a week, paying Obsidian Therapeutics $75 million upfront to access its technology platform. . Alternatively, a drug can be administered that switches off the genetic medicine and brings protein expression to a halt.

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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.

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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.

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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. The clinical trial was to be the first time anyone got a gene editing therapy for muscular dystrophy.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 2, 2023

QN-023a is under clinical development by Hangzhou Qihan Biotechnology and currently in Phase I for Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia. GlobalData tracks drug-specific phase transition and likelihood of approval scores, in addition to indication benchmarks based off 18 years of historical drug development data.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 2, 2023

QN-019a is under clinical development by Hangzhou Qihan Biotechnology and currently in Phase I for B-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia). QN-019a overview QN-019a is under development for the treatment of relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL).

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XTalks

JANUARY 26, 2024

Key breakthroughs at the forefront include novel approaches to cancer treatment and diagnosis, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in oncology and the development of advanced preventive measures and care. Overcoming drug resistance: A major challenge in cancer treatment is the development of resistance to chemotherapy drugs.

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BioPharma Reporter

AUGUST 30, 2021

Boston-based company, Vertex, has signed a deal to use Arbor Biotechnologiesâ CRISPR gene-editing technology to develop novel cell therapies for the treatment of serious diseases.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 23, 2021

CRISPR Therapeutics is to receive a hefty $900m payment from Vertex after the companies amended a collaboration to develop, manufacture and market a gene editing therapy for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia.

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

CRISPR gene editing has transformed research, but it is not perfect, and can sometimes target unintended genes; to watch CRISPR enzymes respond to different genes, Leipzig University researchers developed a new method using DNA origami and were able to me Credit: Image courtesy of Julene Madariaga Marcos.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As we step into 2024, the life sciences continue to evolve at an unprecedented pace, driven by technological innovation, a deeper understanding of human biology and the application of new technologies in areas like drug development and health wearables. Regulatory bodies are also taking note of the applications of AI in drug development.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 21, 2020

million) to develop its gene therapy for a rare ocular disease. In a statement, the company said funds will be used to further develop SparingVision’s SPVNo6, for treating all forms of the rare eye disease retinitis pigmentosa. There is currently no treatment approved for RP patients independently of their genetic background.

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Scienmag

JULY 2, 2021

A newly developed CRISPR-Cas9-based tool carries out efficient and long-term gene silencing by epigenetic editing Credit: BioDesign Research Originally discovered as a bacterial mode of defense against invading viruses, the remarkable ability of CRISPR-Cas9 to modify specific locations of DNA has made it a researcher favorite among gene editing tools. (..)

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Scienmag

APRIL 13, 2021

Credit: Copyright © 2021, Kunihiro Shiomi, Shinshu University Diapause is a phenomenon in which animals and insects foresee changes in the environment and actively reduce metabolism, or halt regular differentiation and development. By […].

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pharmaphorum

MAY 7, 2021

Gene editing firm CRISPR Therapeutics has announced a collaboration with US biotech Nkarta to develop natural killer (NK) cell therapies for cancer. It’s at the forefront of gene editing although the technology has spawned rivals including Intellia Therapeutics, Caribou Biosciences, Sangamo Therapeutics and Mammoth Biosciences.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

She received a cord blood transplant to treat the AML, receiving stem cells carrying a genetic mutation (CCR?5/?32) Having a third functional cure of HIV nevertheless does give pointers to how a more widely applicable cure might be developed in the future, for example using gene-editing drugs to introduce CCR5?32

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