XTalks

OCTOBER 26, 2021

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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pharmaphorum

JUNE 28, 2021

Preliminary results from a phase 1 trial run by Regeneron and CRISPR specialist Intellia Therapeutics – co-founded by Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna – showed steep reductions in a biomarker of ATTR amyloidosis disease activity with a single dose of the NTLA-2001 drug. In three more patients treated at 0.1mg/kg levels fell by 52%.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 21, 2021

UK cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE is set to recommend NHS use of Alnylam’s gene-silencing therapy Givlaari in England and Wales for the rare disease acute hepatic porphyria (AHP), after its advisors issued a positive verdict on the drug.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

million ($22 million) in second-round financing as it prepares to start clinical trials of its lead drug candidate INT-1B3 for solid tumours. The start of dosing in the phase 1/1b trial of the drug has been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but recruitment of the target 80 participants with advanced solid tumours is reported to be ongoing.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 4, 2021

Sylentis, part of PharmaMar Group, has just announced FDA approval of a phase 3 trial for eye drops containing tivanisiran, in dry eye disease associated with Sjogren’s Syndrome. The design of the protocol for the trial and its authorization are based on the scientific evidence of safety and efficacy obtained in the phase 3 HELIX trial.

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XTalks

JUNE 14, 2023

The clinical trials consistently showed significant therapeutic improvements in ocular surface damage and associated symptoms, while pioneering visual function improvement analysis”, said John D. Additionally, the clinical trials underscored the favorable tolerability profile of Vevye.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 1, 2022

The US biotech has just reported phase 2 trial results with the small, interfering RNA (siRNA) gene-silencing drug showing that it an cause a 90% or greater reduction in Lp(a) levels – a risk factor for cardiovascular disease – that was sustained over 48 weeks of follow-up.

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