Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 10, 2023

Asklepios BioPharmaceutical has entered a research partnership and option agreement with ReCode Therapeutics for exploring its single-vector gene-editing platform. The new solution will enable complete gene insertion by delivering the gene-editing tool and DNA as mixed cargo to desired targets in one LNP.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Moderna has entered a strategic research and development partnership with ElevateBio’s Life Edit Therapeutics to discover and develop new in-vivo mRNA gene editing therapies. Our novel editing systems have the potential to precisely modify gene targets for both in vivo and ex vivo therapeutic development.”

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Bio Pharma Dive

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The acquisition of Proof Diagnostics, which was formed to develop a COVID-19 test, gives Ginkgo a library of novel enzymes that can be used to make genetic medicines.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 15, 2023

Verve Therapeutics and Eli Lilly and Company have entered an exclusive research partnership to advance the former’s preclinical stage in vivo gene editing programme targeting lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) to treat atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). The company will receive a combined upfront payment and equity investment of $60m.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Gene-editing biotech Prime Medicine has priced its IPO, hoping to raise $140m to advance its pipeline of one-shot therapies for severe genetic disorders.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 8, 2023

Biotechnology company Hopewell Therapeutics has raised $25m in seed financing to accelerate the development of next-generation lipid nanoparticles for targeted delivery of genomic medicines. Hopewell Therapeutics is engaged in discovering, synthesising and developing advanced ttLNPs to provide next-generation genomic medicines.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Gene-editing biotech Prime Medicine has priced an initial public offering, hoping to raise $140 million to advance its pipeline of one-shot therapies for severe genetic disorders. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company is offering 19.2 million shares at $6.25

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 25, 2023

ElevateBio has raised $401m in a Series D financing round for advancing its technology platforms to expedite the design, production and development of cell and gene therapies. The technology platforms include the Life Edit gene editing platform, an RNA, cell, protein, vector engineering and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) platform.

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STAT News

MARCH 1, 2023

Tessera Therapeutics chief scientist Michael Holmes had just finished presenting a much-anticipated peek at a technology the company had previously said could “ revolutionize genetic medicine ” and “cure nearly any genetic disease.”

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 17, 2023

The study, to be published March 17 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, uses a new, highly versatile form of CRISPR-based genome editing with the potential to correct a wide variety of disease-causing genetic mutations.

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Scienmag

MAY 2, 2022

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – May 2, 2022 — Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists working on CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing technology have developed a method to increase efficiency of editing while minimizing DNA deletion sizes, a key step toward developing gene editing therapies to treat genetic diseases.

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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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STAT News

MARCH 9, 2023

LONDON — Scientists at this year’s genome editing summit spent Tuesday showing the world just how far CRISPR -based medicines for treating human diseases have come in a decade.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Scribe Therapeutics, a start-up focusing on gene-editing using CRISPR/Cas9, has burst onto the biotech scene with a $415 million deal with Biogen. At the moment, most CRISPR-based medicines rely on the modification of cells outside the body, that are then used as therapies. Jennifer Doudna.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 12, 2022

An international research team led by Dr. Ana Guadaño at the Alberto Sols Biomedical Research Institute (IIBM, a combined CSIC-UAM center) and involving the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), used CRISPR gene editing techniques to incorporate into mice a mutation of the MCT8 protein responsible for transporting thyroid hormones to the interior (..)

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STAT News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

A new CRISPR startup — backed by some big names in venture capital — is planning to develop gene-editing treatments that can insert a genetic sequence of any length, at any location in the DNA strand, according to industry insiders and documents.

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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 The post Vertex builds in gene editing yet again, with $1.2bn Arbor deal appeared first on.

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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. Beta-thalassemia is a rare blood disorder caused by a genetic defect in hemoglobin. Novartis also recently inked an up-to $1.5

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Scienmag

MAY 26, 2022

— CRISPR has ushered in the era of genomic medicine. A line of powerful tools has been developed from the popular CRISPR-Cas9 to cure genetic diseases. ITHACA, N.Y.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 23, 2021

Vertex Pharma has ramped up its involvement in gene-editing medicines for the second time in a week, paying Obsidian Therapeutics $75 million upfront to access its technology platform. . For example, adding a small-molecule might stabilise the medicine, allowing levels of the target protein to increase.

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BioTech 365

MAY 1, 2021

Editas Medicine to Present Preclinical Data Demonstrating Advancements in In Vivo Gene Editing Approach for the Treatment of Genetic Ocular Diseases at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting Editas Medicine to Present Preclinical Data Demonstrating Advancements … Continue reading →

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system, UT Southwestern researchers corrected mutations responsible for a common inherited heart condition called dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in human cells and a mouse model of the disease.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Drs Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna have won this year’s Nobel Prize for chemistry in recognition of their work on the gene-editing technology CRISPR/Cas9. There is enormous power in this genetic tool, which affects us all. What started as a curiosity?driven, million) Nobel Prize award. “In

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STAT News

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

A man with muscular dystrophy who was first in line to receive an experimental gene editing therapy tailor made to treat the cause of his rare form of the disease has died. The clinical trial was to be the first time anyone got a gene editing therapy for muscular dystrophy.

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Pharma Marketing Network

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Almost two decades after the human genome was sequenced, a trickle of new genetic medicines (i.e., those that modify the expression of an individual’s genes or repair abnormal genes) has entered clinical practice, including 11 RNA therapeutics, 2 in vivo gene therapies, and 2 gene-modified cell therapies.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Dr Jennifer Harbottle, senior scientist in the R&D Base Editing team of PerkinElmer’s Horizon Discovery business, looks at progress made in the realms of biotechnology and next-generation diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics, including the application of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in developing and refining cell therapies.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 28, 2021

The reductions matched the efficacy of current therapies for ATTR amyloidosis that require chronic dosing such as Alnylam’s Onpattro (patisiran) and Ionis/Akcea’s Tegsedi (inotersen) – both gene-silencing agents which can cost around $450,000 a year. — Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 26, 2021.

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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. CRISPR/Cas9 offers a pathway to potentially overcome this, by modifying genes that are responsible for drug resistance in cancer cells.

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Using a new variant to repair DNA will improve both safety and effectiveness of the much-touted CRISPR-Cas9 tool in genetic research, Michigan Medicine researchers say. Eugene Chen, M.D., […].

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 23, 2021

CRISPR Therapeutics is to receive a hefty $900m payment from Vertex after the companies amended a collaboration to develop, manufacture and market a gene editing therapy for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

She received a cord blood transplant to treat the AML, receiving stem cells carrying a genetic mutation (CCR?5/?32) Having a third functional cure of HIV nevertheless does give pointers to how a more widely applicable cure might be developed in the future, for example using gene-editing drugs to introduce CCR5?32

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The Pharma Data

JULY 28, 2021

Mene Pangalos, Executive Vice President, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, said: “We are pleased to announce this important collaboration with Regeneron to identify small molecule modulators against GPR75, a newly identified target with genetic validation in metabolic disorders. Yancopoulos, M.D., Yancopoulos, M.D.,

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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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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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Worldwide Clinical Trials

MAY 30, 2024

was withdrawn, rendering it unapproved for patient use, based on negative review comments by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use. An area of interest has been deciphering ALS’s genetic underpinnings and delivering functional copies of dysfunctional genes to the patient. The MAA file in the E.U.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 11, 2021

Vertex Pharma has made its name with treatment for cystic fibrosis, but has big plans in cell and genetic therapies – and has just chalked up fast-track status from the FDA for a cell-based therapy for diabetes. . We have never been in more disease areas than we are right now.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 2, 2023

The research using ImmunoGen’s technology will enable the discovery of the agents for use with gene editing. ImmunoGen has announced an agreement granting rights to Vertex Pharmaceuticals to carry out research using antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) technology for the discovery of new targeted conditioning agents.

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