Bio Pharma Dive

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The financing will support a technology designed to make delivery of lentiviral gene therapies, which are typically administered through a complex process, more convenient.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

ReCode is set to secure up to $15m in funding from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to enhance its gene correction research programme.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 11, 2024

Upcoming regulatory events for pipeline AAV gene therapies, with a focus on neuromuscular and blood disorders, are setting high expectations for the space in 2024.

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Bio Pharma Dive

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Regulatory and strategic challenges can delay the delivery of life-changing cell and gene therapies.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for PTC Therapeutics’ KEBILIDI, the first gene therapy in the US that is directly delivered to the brain.

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Bio Pharma Dive

APRIL 26, 2024

The Food and Drug Administration approval of Beqvez comes as other gene therapies for the bleeding condition that were approved earlier struggle to gain traction.

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Bio Pharma Dive

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Kebilidi is the first approved gene therapy that can be directly administered to the brain. Its OK secures a priority review voucher for PTC.

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Bio Pharma Dive

JUNE 12, 2024

The negative results from the Phase 3 study, called Ciffreo, come a little more than a month after Pfizer said a patient died in another trial of the gene therapy.

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Bio Pharma Dive

MAY 24, 2024

But the head of the FDA’s CBER office didn’t tip where the agency stands on potentially broadening use of Sarepta’s Duchenne gene therapy Elevidys.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Dyno has formed a new research partnership with Roche on the development of AAV gene therapy vectors for neurological diseases.

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Bio Pharma Dive

JANUARY 18, 2024

Called Advanced Medicine Partners, the new company will offer specialized cell and gene therapy manufacturing services to biotech and pharma clients.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Biomarin and CSL Behring’s haemophilia gene therapies have boosted innovation in the field, but assessing their cost effectiveness is less than straightforward.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 19, 2024

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast-track designation to Bayer subsidiary Asklepios BioPharmaceutical’s (AskBio) investigational gene therapy AB-1002, aimed at treating congestive heart failure (CHF).

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Cyagen and Neurophth Therapeutics have entered a strategic partnership to jointly develop next-generation AAV gene therapy vectors for specific kinds of genetic ophthalmic ailments. Additionally, Neurophth will oversee the clinical trials and marketing of gene therapy products developed leveraging the new AAV capsids of Cyagen.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 29, 2024

Experts hold scalability challenges and high costs accountable for market failures within the cell and gene therapy landscape.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 29, 2024

Pfizer has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its one-time gene therapy BEQVEZ for haemophilia B.

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

(Richard Jones/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Scientists have discovered hundreds of genes that could potentially promote cancer, new research shows. Cancer is typically triggered by some kind of change to our genetic coding that interferes with a cell’s ability to manage its growth.

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Bio Pharma Dive

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Forge Biologics operates a contract manufacturing business as well as develops its own gene therapies, which appears to have attracted the Japan-based food and biotechnology company.

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Bio Pharma Dive

AUGUST 1, 2024

Wilson, who founded UPenn’s gene therapy program three decades ago, will step down to start two new spinouts, Gemma Bio and Franklin Biolabs.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The regulatory greenlight makes it the only gene therapy available in Europe for sickle cell disease and TDT.

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Bio Pharma Dive

JUNE 13, 2024

The failure of another trial adds to uncertainty around the benefits of the gene-based treatments, though industry analysts still expect Sarepta’s Elevidys’ to be unaffected.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 4, 2023

Forge Biologics and global life sciences company Labcorp have announced a strategic adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy development and manufacturing collaboration. This will improve accessibility to services for AAV-mediated gene therapy programmes.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 17, 2024

LX2006 consists of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector carrying the frataxin gene, responsible for causing Friedreich’s ataxia.

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Bio Pharma Dive

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Kyowa will pay nearly $400 million to acquire Orchard, which sells the gene therapy Libmeldy in Europe but has struggled to find paths to market for other experimental treatments.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 21, 2024

Biotech executives discuss why developing gene therapies for central nervous system disorders remains difficult at a recent conference.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Genevoyager has announced the opening of contract development and manufacturing organisation facility to manufacture gene therapy products.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 15, 2024

Anocca has entered a licensing agreement with EmendoBio for the use of the latter’s OMNI-A4 nuclease, a gene editing technology.

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Bio Pharma Dive

APRIL 2, 2023

The startup, a successor to an eye gene therapy biotech that Novartis bought in 2020, will wind down after preclinical experiments didn’t meet the bar set by its leaders.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The value of haemophilia gene therapies like Roctavian and Hemgenix hinge on long-term efficacy and innovative payment structures play a key role.

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Bio Pharma Dive

JULY 15, 2024

The company claims the results support exploring the possibility of an accelerated approval, citing flexibility by FDA officials in reviewing rare disease gene therapies.

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Bio Pharma Dive

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Already an investor in gene therapy, the Japanese pharma will buy 15% of the Texas biotech’s stock and gain options to two gene therapies for central nervous system disorders.

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Fierce Pharma

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The FDA issued its first stamp of approval for a cell or gene therapy back in 2017 to Novartis' Kymriah. | The gene therapy has already been approved to treat AADC deficiency in Europe and the U.K., among other countries, where it's branded as Upstaza.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Ocuphire Pharma has announced the acquisition of Opus Genetics to develop gene therapies for inherited retinal diseases (IRDs).

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Bio Pharma Dive

MAY 8, 2024

The results add to an early but growing body of evidence suggesting gene therapy may improve outcomes in young kids with a genetic form of deafness.

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The convergence of gene therapies and clinical research is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in ophthalmic care, offering hope for more effective treatments and potential cures for a range of vision-threatening conditions.

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Bio Pharma Dive

JANUARY 13, 2022

As record levels of money pour into gene therapy research, biotechs are under increased pressure to address issues related to safety, delivery and overlapping pipelines.

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Bio Pharma Dive

MARCH 6, 2023

The Swiss drugmaker's decision is the latest in a string of partnership announcements for the gene therapy maker, which aims to bounce back from past research failures.

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