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uniQure signs license deal for Apic Bio’s gene therapy for SOD1-ALS

Pharmaceutical Technology

Gene therapy company uniQure has entered into a global licensing agreement with Apic Bio for APB-102 to treat patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) caused by mutations in superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1). APB-102 is designed to be a one-time, intrathecally administered gene therapy for ALS patients.

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Genetic Therapies Show Early Promise in Treating Obesity

BioSpace

The plethora of genes involved in obesity presents an intriguing opportunity for both gene silencing and ex vivo gene therapy approaches.

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Gene Silencing Porphyria Treatment, Givlaari, Finally Wins Over England’s NICE Amid Stellar Long-Term Data

XTalks

After initial rejection from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) last year, the non-departmental public body of the Department of Health in England has now given the green light to the gene silencing treatment Givlaari (givosiran) for the treatment of the rare metabolic disorder, acute intermittent porphyria (AIP).

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Novartis keeps a close eye on gene therapy with Vedere Bio buy

pharmaphorum

Already a major player in gene therapy, Novartis has swooped on US startup Vedere Bio in a $280 million deal that builds its position in inherited eye diseases that can lead to blindness. Novartis’ big move in the gene therapy market came when it bought AveXis for $8.7

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Frontotemporal dementia: the state of treatment development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Different approaches that are studied include antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), and gene therapies, which are in early clinical trials. In August 2022, Passage Bio dosed the first subject in a Phase I/II trial for their FTD gene therapy PBFT02. The company dosed its first patient in this study in December 2020.

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Three-in-one approach boosts the silencing power of CRISPR

Scienmag

A newly developed CRISPR-Cas9-based tool carries out efficient and long-term gene silencing by epigenetic editing Credit: BioDesign Research Originally discovered as a bacterial mode of defense against invading viruses, the remarkable ability of CRISPR-Cas9 to modify specific locations of DNA has made it a researcher favorite among gene editing tools. (..)

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UK’s NHS Backs World’s Costliest Drug Libmeldy for the Treatment of Rare Disease MLD

XTalks

Related: Gene Silencing Porphyria Treatment, Givlaari, Finally Wins Over England’s NICE Amid Stellar Long-Term Data. It is an autosomal recessive disorder, which means that if both parents are carriers of the faulty gene that causes the disease, there is a one in four chance that their child will develop the disease.