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Skysona is indicated as a one-time gene therapy to slow the progression of cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD), a rare paediatric neurodegenerative disease in boys aged 4–17 years diagnosed with early-stage CALD. These approvals represent crucial milestones for bluebird bio, the gene therapy field, and patients with rare geneticdiseases.
Mirum Pharmaceuticals, a biotech innovator known for developing therapies for rare metabolic disorders, now has FDAapproval for its new treatment, Ctexli (chenodiol) tablets the first and only medication approved for cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) in adults.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Alyftrek (vanzacaftor/tezacaftor/deutivacaftor), a next-in-class triple combination cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator, to treat cystic fibrosis (CF) in patients aged six years and older with at least one F508del mutation or another responsive CFTR mutation.
It is claimed to be both the first re-dosable gene therapy and the first and only FDA-approved treatment for both recessive and dominant types of DEB, a rare and serious geneticdisease affecting the skin and mucosal tissues.
BridgeBio has been highly active in the geneticdiseases space. Its investigational therapy infigratinib recently received Breakthrough Therapy designation, becoming the first-ever potential treatment for achondroplasia — a genetic condition affecting bone growth — to achieve this milestone.
The label for the achondroplasia drug, which promotes endochondral bone growth, now covers children under five years of age with the rare geneticdisease causing the most common form of dwarfism.
Hympavzi’s approval, with its innovative approach to balancing clotting, could offer a modern solution that adds to the global effort to reduce the risk of thrombosis. This is Pfizer’s second FDA-approved treatment for a rare genetic blood disorder this year.
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first treatment for Rett syndrome, a geneticdisease mostly affecting girls that causes severe neurologic impairments, robbing them of the ability to communicate or control muscle movement. The new drug, called Daybue, is made by Acadia Pharmaceuticals.
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This approval also marks bluebird’s third ex vivo gene therapy approved by the FDA for a rare geneticdisease and second FDAapproval for an inherited hemoglobin disorder, cementing our position as a gene therapy leader.”
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” “More than 50% of FDA-approved medicines now have their start in venture-backed private biotech companies in the United States. These are the groundbreaking treatments for cancer, geneticdiseases, and other scourges,” said Arjun Goyal, M.D., co-founder, and managing director at Vida Ventures.
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Krystal Biotech’s Vyjuvek has been awarded US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to make it the first topical gene therapy for the treatment of wounds in patients with the rare, often debilitating skin disease dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB).
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The website brings awareness for facial angiofibroma, an aspect of the rare geneticdisease tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). ” In March 2022, Nobelpharma received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its topical treatment for facial angiofibroma called Hyftor (sirolimus topical gel) 0.2
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. “We continue to work with urgency to bring forward the first CRISPR therapy for a geneticdisease,” said Nia Tatsis, Vertex’ chief regulatory and quality officer, in a statement.
With the two approvals acting as a validation of the technology, larger companies are prepared to make larger investments to ensure that they are at the forefront of developments in RNA-focused therapies.
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The impact of CNS diseases extends beyond patients—to their families and society as well.” The assumption is SciNeuro will start with Parkinson’s disease and pain in addition to rare geneticdiseases, after scaling up staffing. .
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