XTalks

JANUARY 6, 2025

CF is a progressive genetic disease caused by defective CFTR proteins, which are crucial for regulating salt and water movement in cells. The CFTR gene itself is complex, with over 2,000 known mutations. Without functional CFTR, thick mucus builds up in organs like the lungs, leading to chronic infections and lung damage.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Japanese pharma contends that an analysis of the four deaths in its AT132 gene therapy clinical trial shows it is still viable as a potential treatment for a fatal, rare genetic disease.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Astellas has been having some safety-related issues with its gene therapy programmes of late, but it shows no signs of lessened enthusiasm for the category – as a new alliance with US biotech Taysha demonstrates. ” The post Astellas makes another gene therapy play, takes stake in Taysha appeared first on.

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XTalks

MAY 17, 2023

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) announced this week that the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium (AMP BGTC) has selected eight rare diseases for its clinical trial portfolio.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 4, 2023

The approval allows KALYDECO to be used in infants who have at least one mutation in their cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene that is responsive to the therapy, on the basis of clinical and/or in vitro assay results.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Axovant has said it plans to continue developing its Parkinson’s Disease gene therapy after reporting supportive data from a small cohort of patients from a phase 2 trial. The data came from a second cohort of just four patients in the phase 2 clinical trial SUNRISE-PD, although the improvement in symptoms was dramatic.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 29, 2022

CAMP4’s CSO David Bumcrot PhD tells Pharmaceutical Technology that the company plans to see clinical trials go forward for their urea cycle disorder programs late next year. The most common marketed drugs in this space aim to address the hyperammonaemia caused by the defective genes in this disorder.

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XTalks

APRIL 24, 2023

Rare diseases can often be progressive, chronic and fatal. Approximately 72 percent of rare diseases are genetic, and around 70 percent of rare genetic diseases emerge in childhood. Sadly, one-third of children with rare diseases die before their first birthday. How Can Study Protocols Be More Effective?

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 19, 2023

Although only a small number of gene therapies have reached the market thus far, the industry is poised to grow quickly over the next few years. According to GlobalData’s clinical trials database, there are currently 1,231 planned and ongoing trials for gene therapies and gene-modified cell therapies alone.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Bluebird bio could be just a few months away from approval of its gene therapy for rare disease cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD) in the EU, after the EMA started an accelerated review. CALD is caused by mutations in the ABCD1 gene located on the X chromosome, which provides instructions for the production of the ALD protein.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

BioMarin Pharma has had another setback in its gene therapy development programme, announcing this morning that the FDA has placed a phase 1/2 trial of its candidate for phenylketonuria (PKU) on hold while it investigates a safety signal.

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XTalks

MARCH 21, 2024

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded approval to Orchard Therapeutics for its gene therapy Lenmeldy (atidarsagene autotemcel) for the treatment of children with pre-symptomatic late infantile, pre-symptomatic early juvenile or early symptomatic early juvenile metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD).

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 22, 2023

Vyjuvek is a non-invasive, topical, re-dosable gene therapy that delivers functional human COL7A1 gene copies to offer wound healing. The regulatory approval was supported by data from the GEM-1/2 and GEM-3 clinical trials. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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XTalks

MAY 26, 2023

Krystal Biotech’s Vyjuvek has been awarded US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to make it the first topical gene therapy for the treatment of wounds in patients with the rare, often debilitating skin disease dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB). As a topical treatment, it is also the first readily redosable gene therapy.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 1, 2022

Sarepta is pressing forward with a bold plan to file with the FDA for accelerated approval of its gene therapy SRP-9001 for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in the next few months, with a view to making it available in sometime around the middle of 2023.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease, approving two on the same day. Both gene therapies are approved for individuals 12 years of age and older with sickle cell disease. It also affects Hispanic Americans, but at a lower prevalence.

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BioPharma Reporter

JULY 16, 2024

A gene therapy being developed by Lexeo Therapeutics to treat cardiomyopathy caused by Friedreich ataxia, a rare neurodegenerative genetic disease, has achieved good interim results in a phase 1/2 trial.

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In rare disease trials, it’s not always feasible to choose clinically-relevant endpoints to measure the efficacy of a new therapeutic. Verifying the biomarker’s clinical validity for use as a surrogate endpoint in rare disease research is another hurdle which is generally a longer-term goal.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

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.

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XTalks

OCTOBER 7, 2020

A tiny child with a devastating genetic disease who wasn’t supposed to blow out the candles on his first birthday cake. Not only did this baby survive to do all these things, but he became a poster child for gene therapy with the regulators at the U.S. The added challenges of advanced therapies in rare-disease clinical trials.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has recommended the use of Libmeldy for the treatment of the rare genetic disease metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). Related: Gene Silencing Porphyria Treatment, Givlaari, Finally Wins Over England’s NICE Amid Stellar Long-Term Data. The cells are then injected back into the patient.

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XTalks

AUGUST 29, 2022

Now a common gene editing tool, the popularity of the CRISPR-Cas9 system has increased over the past decade. CRISPR is notable for engineering living cells, allowing scientists to edit, turn off, delete, or replace genes in a cell’s genome. Marson’s group initially collaborated with CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna, PhD, in 2015.

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XTalks

APRIL 1, 2025

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

SparingVision has raised €75 million in second-round funding that will be used to fund clinical trials of gene therapies for ocular diseases retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The current schedule is for trials to start in 2024, with first safety and efficacy data coming a year later.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 24, 2021

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 gene therapy Zynteglo, which is already approved in Europe.

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Delveinsight

AUGUST 26, 2021

Shape Therapeutics inks gene therapy deal with Roche worth up to USD 3 Billion. Seattle biotech firm Shape Therapeutics has signed a deal potentially exceeding USD 3 billion with pharma giant Roche to bolster the development of gene therapies for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

CTX is a rare, progressive genetic disorder caused by mutations in the CYP27A1 gene, which disrupts the livers ability to produce chenodeoxycholic acid, a bile acid. The FDAs approval was supported by data from the Phase III RESTORE study a 24week, doubleblind, placebocontrolled, randomized crossover withdrawal trial.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 12, 2020

The enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) – also known as PRX-102 – has been granted a priority review by the US regulator, and is the top prospect in Chiesi’s recently formed rare diseases division. Market research firm Optima Insights has predicted that sales of Fabry disease drugs will more than double from around $1.8

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 9, 2023

Novartis’ programme providing free access to its spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) gene therapy Zolgensma is being scaled back to a dozen countries worldwide, according to the company. ” Zolgensma is one of the most expensive therapies available, with a price tag of around $2.1

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pharmaphorum

JULY 20, 2022

Armed with a $100 million second-round financing, CAMP4 Therapeutics is preparing to start the first clinical trial of a drug targeting regulatory RNA (regRNA) molecules that can be used to fine-tune the expression of genes. ” The post CAMP4 raises $100m to take lead RNA drugs into clinic appeared first on. .

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XTalks

APRIL 15, 2021

million people in the US, yet there is no treatment for the most common form of the disease: heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). A lack of efficacy is the greatest reason for clinical trial failures, especially in Phase II and Phase III,” says Dr. Tyl. Heart failure affects about 6.2

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Delveinsight

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

However, they have only shrunk tumors in about half of patients who took them, along with chemotherapy, in the clinical trials. Avrobio gene therapy eradicates toxic substrate in Fabry patient. Moreover, those that did become ill showed relatively mild disease, from which they recovered quickly.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 9, 2021

(NASDAQ: BMRN) today announced positive topline results from its ongoing global Phase 3 GENEr8-1 study of valoctocogene roxaparvovec, an investigational gene therapy for the treatment of adults with severe hemophilia A. This is the largest global Phase 3 study to date for any gene therapy in any indication, with 134 participants.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 27, 2023

Clinical trials design and patient input The definition of patient centricity, in fact, and its benefits are now – finally – being defined by patients themselves. “We We talk a lot in clinical trials and drug development about benefit,” Dr Mullen said. But who is benefitting?

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Pompe disease, also referred to as acid-maltase disease and glycogen storage disease II, is an uncommon genetic disorder characterized by the gradual weakening of both cardiac and skeletal muscles. The body relies on this enzyme to break down glycogen, a stored form of sugar utilized for energy production.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

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 Gene Therapies. “We Novartis today announced that the U.S.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 6, 2020

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.

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