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Newly Approved T1D Therapy Lantidra Could Eliminate Need for Insulin Injections

XTalks

Making for another landmark cell and gene therapy approval this month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has signed off on CellTrans’ Lantidra (donislecel), the first cell therapy for type 1 diabetes. Lantidra is thought to increase insulin secretion through the infusion of allogeneic insulin-producing islet beta cells.

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Vertex signs licence deal with CRISPR Therapeutics for diabetes therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Under the terms of the deal, the company will receive non-exclusive rights to CRISPR/Cas9, a gene-editing technology of CRISPR Therapeutics, for the development of potentially curative T1D cell therapies. The gene-editing technology allows for precise, directed changes to genomic DNA.

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Vertex signs agreement to acquire ViaCyte for $320m

Pharmaceutical Technology

VX-880 is an investigational allogeneic stem cell-derived, fully differentiated, insulin-producing islet cell therapy of Vertex for T1D. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva. Through the acquisition, Vertex plans to advance its potentially curative VX-880 programmes in T1D.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Vertex exec says prices for gene therapies are ‘in the ballpark’; insulin access in poor countries remains spotty

STAT News

Bluebird also recently said it would charge $3 million for Skysona, the gene therapy it just launched for a rare brain-wasting disease.  Even a drug-price watchdog, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, deemed the $2.8 Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Enabling the next wave of innovative drug therapies with speciality enzymes

Pharmaceutical Technology

The next wave of medicine is well on course to be cell and gene-based. In September 2021, GlobalData figures revealed there to be 1,320 industry-sponsored regenerative medicine and advanced therapy trials ongoing worldwide. Meanwhile, the pharma industry is undergoing somewhat of a transformation itself.

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Controlling insulin production with a smartwatch

Scienmag

Credit: ETH Zurich Many modern fitness trackers and smartwatches feature integrated LEDs. The green light emitted, whether continuous or pulsed, penetrates the skin and can be used to measure the wearer’s heart rate during physical activity or while at rest. These watches have become extremely popular.

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AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine; Type 1 diabetes research updates; FDA nod to Zebra’s X-ray modelling AI; UniQure/CSL haemophilia B gene therapy curbs bleeding in phase 3

Delveinsight

The body’s immune system falsely attacks insulin-making beta cells in the pancreas in Type 1 diabetes. OCA-B, or B cell-specific Oct1/2 coactivator, binds to and controls about 150 genes involved in a process through which T cells are reactivated upon reencountering antigens they have earlier identified and memorised.