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Vyjuvek Gets FDA Nod as First Topical Gene Therapy for Rare Skin Disease

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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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Tarpeyo (Budesonide) Is Transforming IgA Nephropathy Care with FDA’s Full Approval

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Initially receiving accelerated approval in December 2021 based on proteinuria as a surrogate marker, Tarpeyo has now achieved the status of being the first treatment for IgAN to receive full FDA approval predicated on evaluations of kidney function.

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After Daybue’s Approval: Acadia Pharmaceuticals’ Next Steps for the Rett Syndrome Community

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The MeCP2 protein plays a crucial role in regulating the activity of genes involved in brain development. In March, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Daybue (trofinetide) , the first and only treatment for Rett syndrome. Daybue (trofinetide) is the first and only FDA-approved drug for Rett syndrome.

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2021 AAN highlight impact and breadth of expanding neuroscience portfolio

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Roche will present data on the increased use of home nursing capabilities in the Phase III GRADUATE studies of gantenerumab during the COVID-19 pandemic, which enabled home-bound trial participants to continue dosing to maintain medicine exposure. Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). P1: Aging and Dementia: Biomarkers.

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Considerations for Neuroscience Trials with Intrathecal Delivery and Other Methods of Direct CNS Administration

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Nusinersen was the first FDA-approved treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the first approved nucleic-acid therapeutic for a neurologic disease and the first approved drug to correct defective splicing. What About Small Proteins and Antibodies Reaching Extracellular CNS Targets?

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New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Positive Initial Regeneron Antibody Cocktail Results in Non-hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

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The two potent, virus-neutralizing antibodies that form the cocktail bind non-competitively to the critical receptor binding domain of the virus’s spike protein, which diminishes the ability of mutant viruses to escape treatment and protects against spike variants that have arisen in the human population, as detailed in Science.

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Regeneron Announces U.S. Government Agreement to Purchase Additional COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail Doses

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The two potent, virus-neutralizing antibodies that form the cocktail bind non-competitively to the critical receptor binding domain of the virus’s spike protein, which diminishes the ability of mutant viruses to escape treatment and protects against spike variants that have arisen in the human population, as detailed in Science.