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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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Although recently approved drugs can treat seizures more safely, they do not treat the comorbidities that patients experience. Several biotech companies and researchers are now exploring medical devices and gene therapies to address not just common forms of epilepsy, but also rare conditions such as Dravet Syndrome.

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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. The move marks a continuation in its ongoing commitment to exploring gene-editing technology. DOWNLOAD THE FULL ARTICLE HERE.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

New FDA-Approved Treatments For HIV HIV treatment involves the administration of combined antiretroviral therapy (ART) to effectively suppress the viral load, maintain or enhance immune function and reduce the risk of opportunistic infections and cancers commonly associated with HIV. aiming to end the HIV epidemic by 2030.

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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.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

MAY 30, 2024

This research community is exploring diverse therapeutic avenues and creative thinking, including gene therapies, cell therapies, immunotherapies, novel drug candidates, and the repurposing of drugs from other indications.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 20, 2023

CRISPR Gene Editing Therapeutics CRISPR/Cas-9 technology makes lists like this almost every year, and for good reason. Given its ability to precisely edit genes, there is tremendous promise for the revolutionary technology to offer cures for genetic disorders and to treat various diseases.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Technologies like CRISPR-Cas9 have revolutionized the potential for gene editing, offering hope for curative treatments for conditions like Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and certain types of inherited blindness. In 2020, 31 out of 53 novel drug approvals were for rare or orphan diseases​​.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 29, 2022

For example, on the pharma and biotech side, there has been growing demand for new drugs and biologics, from new classes of dual-action diabetes and weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro to life-saving gene therapies. 1. Cell and Gene Therapies. Here are four life sciences trends to look out for in 2023.

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WCG Clinical

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Advances in research, such as gene editing and cellular therapies, have opened new treatment possibilities for both conditions. Recent FDA approvals of gene therapies for sickle cell and cellular therapies for melanoma have given patients new hope, but these therapies are not without limitations.

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XTalks

AUGUST 2, 2023

Paxlovid was first authorized under the FDA Emergency Use Authorization in December 2021 ; however, it has received FDA approval on May 25, 2023. pneumoniae serotypes) replaced the company’s first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine Prevnar (PCV7, approved by the FDA in February 2000) in a February 2010 FDA approval.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 24, 2020

From rare disease drug approvals to treatments involving immunotherapies and gene therapies and awarding of a Nobel Prize to the inventors of the gene-editing tool CRISPR, 2020 was a year of great activity and productivity despite the backdrop of the pandemic. CRISPR Gene Editing Inventors Win Nobel Prize.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Casgevy: A Game-Changer for Beta Thalassemia CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex are transforming blood disorder treatment with their gene-editing solution Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel [exa-cel]). This one-time gene therapy tackles transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia (TDT), a disorder causing severe anemia.

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XTalks

JANUARY 6, 2025

For example, antisense oligonucleotide (ASO)-based therapies have gained traction, with 100 Phase I clinical trials initiated and around 25 percent of these advancing to Phase II or Phase III trials in recent years. As of March 18, 2024, the FDA has approved 36 gene therapies, with an additional 500 therapies in the pipeline.

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