Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 31, 2023

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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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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BioSpace

JUNE 16, 2024

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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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 29, 2020

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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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Different approaches that are studied include antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), and gene therapies, which are in early clinical trials. The therapy is specifically aimed at treating FTD patients who have mutations in their granulin gene, which encodes for the protein progranulin (PGRN). The trial features four cohorts.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

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.

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Scienmag

JULY 2, 2021

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