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By Luisa Sterkel & Joana Loureiro , Tenthpin Consultants The promise and potential of cell and genetherapies (CGT) has emerged in the recent past and currently over 1.500 CGT are registered for clinical trials holding great hope for the treatment of challenging and uncurable diseases.
Takeda has announced that it will be pivoting away from its discovery and preclinical programmes in adeno-associated virus (AAV) genetherapies. Takeda’s announcement underlines the risk associated with genetherapy R&D at the preclinical stage and the fact that many current AAV programs are unlikely to reach late-stage trials.
Avista Therapeutics, a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) spinout, has entered a collaboration with Roche for developing new AAV genetherapy vectors for eyes. Roche will use these new capsids to carry out preclinical, clinical and marketing activities for genetherapy programmes.
Avrobio has received orphan drug designation for its genetherapy, AVR-RD-05, from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPSII) or Hunter syndrome. The company noted that this genetherapy is the fourth one to receive orphan drug designation.
A custom-made, one-dose genetherapy, Zynteglo is indicated for such patients who need red blood cells (RBCs) transfusions on a regular basis. The latest approval is based on findings from the Phase III clinical trials, HGB-207 (Northstar-2) and HGB-212 (Northstar-3), and the long-term follow-up LTF-303 study. 0 genotypes.
Myeloid Therapeutics has raised $73m to support the continued clinical development of its lead cell therapy programme, MT-101, in Phase I/II trials for T cell lymphoma. MT-302 is a TROP2-targeting in vivo chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that has been designed to express in the myeloid compartment.
Out of over 7,000 rare diseases, only 5 percent (or less) of rare diseases are thought to have approved treatment options, known as “orphan” therapies. Dr. Eagleton recently spoke on a webinar with his colleagues from Medpace about lessons learned from successful approaches from rare disease and genetherapy product approvals.
Formerly known as CTX001, exa-cel is an investigational, autologous, ex vivo CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy. The BLAs are supported by data obtained from the ongoing Phase III CLIMB-111 and CLIMB-121 trials, along with an ongoing long-term follow-up CLIMB-131 trial.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an Orphan Drug Designation to Editas Medicine’s genetherapy EDIT-301 in sickle cell disease, based on an April 27 announcement. Cell & GeneTherapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva. g/dL and 45.4%
The latest development is based on findings from the single-arm, open-label Phase II/III ALD-102 (Starbeam) and Phase III ALD-104 clinical trials. A one-time genetherapy, Skysona leverages ex-vivo transduction with the Lenti-D lentiviral vector for adding the ABCD1 gene’s functional copies into the hematopoietic stem cells of the patient.
Casgevy, the commercial product formerly known as exa-cel, is administered by taking stem cells out of a patient’s bone marrow and editing a gene in the cells in a laboratory, with the modified cells then infused back into the patient after conditioning treatment to prepare the bone marrow. In June 2023, the U.S.
Bluebird bio’s genetherapy Zynteglo (betibeglogene autotemcel, beti-cel) has been awarded a much anticipated approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with beta thalassemia who need regular blood transfusions. Bluebird has a total of three genetherapies in its pipeline.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first genetherapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease, approving two on the same day. Both genetherapies are approved for individuals 12 years of age and older with sickle cell disease. It also affects Hispanic Americans, but at a lower prevalence.
Avrobio’s ex vivo lentiviral genetherapy platform led to durable responses measured in years, and significant reductions in disease-related biomarkers that far exceed today’s standard of care.
Cutting edge’ is, for once, a truly apt description when it comes to gene editing – both because the field is pushing medicine into areas we might never have dreamed possible, and because these technologies involve literally cutting DNA at a specific point in the genome. Zinc fingers. billion in funding.
Forbion European Acquisition has entered a definitive business combination agreement with biotechnology company enGene to create a combined biotechnology company to develop next-generation non-viral, locally administered genetherapies. Cell & GeneTherapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.
The research teams will examine the use of CytoMed’s allogeneic gdTc on multiple AML and breast cancer subtypes in vitro and in vivo. Cell & GeneTherapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva. The study aims to use AML cells and breast cancer cell lines from patients for evaluation.
Clinical-stage genome editing company Intellia Therapeutics has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Investigational New Drug (IND) application to start a pivotal phase III trial of NTLA-2001 for the treatment of transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.
Novartis has shouldered its way into the in vivogene editing category via a deal with US biotech Precision BioSciences, focused on a therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD). It is also working with Eli Lilly on in vivogene-editing drugs against three targets, including one in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, under the terms of a $1.4
is expected to enter Phase II/III registration trial as the first-line treatment for advanced Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) early next year. to investigational new drug-enabling trials, expected in 2024, to treat aggressive diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCLs). Morphogenesis’ lead personalised cancer vaccine, IFx-Hu2.0,
After spending almost an entire day deliberating the safety of Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ and CRISPR Therapeutics’ CRISPR-based genetherapy exa-cel for sickle cell disease, a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel appears to be satisfied with what it saw. CRISPR works as genetic scissors to edit parts of the genome.
Verve Therapeutics and Eli Lilly and Company have entered an exclusive research partnership to advance the former’s preclinical stage in vivogene editing programme targeting lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) to treat atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Lilly will provide funding for the Phase I clinical trials.
I have been recruited by these companies who promise huge payouts when they are acquired if their drug shows promise in clinical trials. Ex vivo (where cells are genetically modified outside the body) cell and genetherapies have generated considerable excitement on their potential to cure previously incurable diseases.
LONDON–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Ixaka Ltd , an integrated cell and genetherapy company focused on the natural power of the body to cure disease, launches today. The new business will continue to develop Ixaka’s proprietary technologies – concentrated multi-cell therapies (MCTs) and targeted nanoparticle (TNP) therapeutics.
Immune-stimulating antibodies, which target the receptor CD40, are emerging as promising therapies for pancreatic cancer. Immune-stimulating antibodies, which target the receptor CD40, are emerging as promising therapies for pancreatic cancer. Avrobio genetherapy eradicates toxic substrate in Fabry patient.
Bayer has bolstered its cell and genetherapy platform by securing access to a CRISPR-based gene-editing platform developed by US biotech Mammoth Biosciences. CRISPR drugs can be used to modify the expression of disease-associated proteins in the body, for example, by correcting a mutation in a specific gene.
According to a recent review published in Nature , as of April 2022 almost 1,800 active cell therapy clinical trials were listed in ClinicalTrials.gov, a 33 percent increase from 2021. In a recent webinar, Dr. Vassallo discussed the operational considerations for complex cell therapy clinical trials.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that OAV-101 intrathecal (IT) clinical trials for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients may proceed, thereby lifting the partial clinical trial hold initiated in October 2019. SVP, Chief Medical Officer, Novartis GeneTherapies. “We
This includes analyzing how drug combinations may impact individual patients or groups of patients before even entering a clinical trial. With a staggering 90 percent of drugs failing in clinical trials, AI has the potential to help improve these statistics.
A gene-editing drug developed by CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharma has continued to show impressive results in clinical trial, with an update at the EHA congress showing long-term effects on the symptoms of both beta thalassaemia and sickle cell disease. billion product if it gets approved for both indications. .
How is the genome editing market landscape evolving: Currently, there is an evident increase in demand for complex biological therapies (including regenerative medicine products), which has created an urgent need for robust genome editing techniques. The global genome editing market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 12.6%
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 time places exa-cel in pole position to become the first drug developed based on CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology to reach the market.
those that modify the expression of an individual’s genes or repair abnormal genes) has entered clinical practice, including 11 RNA therapeutics, 2 in vivogenetherapies, and 2 gene-modified cell therapies. Genetic literacy among clinicians may not be as high as you think.
Dr Squinto is currently Executive Partner of the healthcare investment company OrbiMed Advisors and has more than 25 years’ experience in the biotech industry, including as Chief Executive Officer of the genetherapy company Passage Bio. MILAN, Italy and NEW YORK, Nov. About Genenta Science.
million after Birinapant successfully becomes a part of the Phase I trials. The companies believe that their candidate in its original IgG format has shown potent neutralization activity in in vitro assays and in an in vivo animal model. The duo will jointly develop the therapy, conducting clinical trials globally.
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 genetherapy Zynteglo, which is already approved in Europe.
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. They are due to enrol 45 apiece, and are scheduled to readout next year.
Recent headlines have highlighted the potential for Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-based therapies to provide clinical benefits to persons affected by lupus. An expected and well-known side effect of these B cell-targeted therapies is “B cell aplasia”— i.e. partial or complete depletion of B cells from circulation and immune organs.
PARIS–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Regulatory News: Lysogene (FR0013233475 – LYS) (Paris:LYS), a phase 3 genetherapy platform company targeting central nervous system (CNS) diseases, today reports positive biomarker data from the ongoing AAVance clinical trial with LYS-SAF302 for the treatment of MPS IIIA (NCT03612869).
Usually, only a single copy of the gene is required that too from the mother, however, in cases of AS, either the child does not get any copy, or the child receives two copies – each from mother and father. GeneTx and Ultragenyx are co-developing the therapy.
Overview of Gene Switch The notion that genes might be turned on and off was discovered several decades ago when studies revealed that E. Gene switches are sites on genes where regulatory molecules can bind to trigger transcription process, leading to expression of a particular gene.
The Chinese biopharmaceutical industry is growing in leaps and bounds, but there is still a huge unmet need when it comes to getting patients access to the breakthrough therapeutic modalities and platforms like RNAi, cell and genetherapy and others. A solution could be at hand with Overland Pharmaceuticals.
Assuming these findings are replicated in clinical trials, this vaccine, with its more-appealing route of administration and convenient (refrigerator) storage requirements could make an important contribution to containing the disease.
Vittoria Biotherapeutics is a clinical-stage cell therapy company that incorporates the latest advancements in cell therapy and gene editing with a unique approach that potentially overcomes some of the issues with this therapeutic modality. Its therapeutic pipeline targets unmet needs in oncology and autoimmune disease.
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