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 post Vertex, CRISPR prep filing for gene-editing blood disorder therapy appeared first on.

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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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Camargo

JULY 27, 2021

Gene therapy is a new therapeutic approach in which genes are used to treat or prevent diseases. It is a comprehensive term which encompasses a large variety of therapy products including viral and bacterial vectors, plasmid DNA, human gene editing technology, and patient-specific cellular gene therapy.

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STAT News

MARCH 3, 2023

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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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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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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 8, 2023

The ttLNP platform can deliver a range of high-impact genomic payloads, including gene editing, siRNA, mRNA, DNA and gene-writing apparatus, to tissues, cells and organs. The development will be advanced through both internal pipeline programmes and external collaborations.

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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

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Preliminary results from the study — just the second to show that CRISPR-based gene editing can be delivered systemically and performed inside the body — found the treatment, NTLA-2002, reduced levels of the disease-causing protein, kallikrein, by 65% and 92% in the low- and high-dose cohort, respectively.

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Scienmag

APRIL 21, 2021

New approach to gene therapy can correct any disease-causing mutation within a gene UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 6, 2020

A gene-editing drug developed by CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharma has achieved “remarkable” improvements in patients with beta thalassaemia and sickle cell disease in an early-stage trial reported at the American Society of Haematology (ASH) annual meeting.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 10, 2022

Bayer has bolstered its cell and gene therapy platform by securing access to a CRISPR-based gene-editing platform developed by US biotech Mammoth Biosciences.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 10, 2022

The company has also stated, at the same time as the study was announced, that it will look at developing mRNA technology in oncology and genetic diseases. This not only allowed Pfizer to establish a COVID-19 vaccine but the company also recently announced that it had begun a study testing an mRNA flu vaccine.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The drug – which costs $125,000 at US list prices – can be used either alone or in combination with hydroxyurea, a well-established therapy for the disease. CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex are also in the running with their gene-editing candidate CTX001, in phase 1/2 trials which are due to generate final results later this year.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 20, 2022

The potential to develop treatments with CRISPR gene editing is hinged on its ability to add, delete or replace elements within a target DNA sequence. Cancer is a genetic disease, caused by certain changes in the way that genes control cell function, such as how they grow and divide. Why cancer? The pipeline.

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XTalks

MAY 4, 2021

The CRISPR gene editing system consists of the Cas9 enzyme, which serves as molecular scissors to cleave double-stranded DNA, and a guide RNA template targeted to a specific genomic sequence, which allows for precise editing.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 13, 2020

“Our company and R&D portfolio are entering into an exciting phase, as evidenced by the recent close of Series B financing and submission of the first gene editing product IND in China,” said Dong Wei, Ph.D.?CEO

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XTalks

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Casgevy’s approval by the FDA is momentous: it is the first CRISPR-based gene-editing therapy to be approved in the US. In 2022, bluebird won approvals for two gene therapies — Skysona for the treatment of the rare neurological disorder cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD) and Zynteglo for beta-thalassemia.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The French biotech said the cash injection – which follows a €45 million Series A in 2020 – will also help it bring forward the first development candidate in a collaboration signed with gene-editing specialist Intellia Therapeutics last year, currently in the early-discovery stage.

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XTalks

MAY 4, 2021

The CRISPR gene editing system consists of the Cas9 enzyme, which serves as molecular scissors to cleave double-stranded DNA, and a guide RNA template targeted to a specific genomic sequence, which allows for precise editing.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The gene-editing tool CRISPR edits DNA using specialized strands of guide RNA and endogenous cellular mechanisms of RNA interference. RNA-based treatments include RNA interference (RNAi) with double-stranded RNA molecules, or small interfering RNA (siRNA) involving single-stranded antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs).

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XTalks

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In 2022 alone, the US regulator approved four new gene therapies, showing the high interest in getting these therapies to market. In 2023, a number of gene therapies are expected to get the FDA green light. Given their precise targeting, gene therapies have largely been focused on oncology indications followed by rare genetic diseases.

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