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Companies agree $800m deal for off-the-shelf in vivo CAR-T cell therapy

Drug Discovery World

Astellas-owned Xyphos Biosciences and Kelonia Therapeutics have entered into a research collaboration and license agreement to develop novel immuno-oncology therapeutics. The post Companies agree $800m deal for off-the-shelf in vivo CAR-T cell therapy appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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The Significance of the MHRA Approval and Upcoming FDA Review of the First Gene Editing Treatment

Worldwide Clinical Trials

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.

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JPM: Precision Bio continues offload of CAR-T rights

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Precision BioSciences licenses non-cancer uses of its allogeneic CAR-T therapy azer-cel to TG Therapeutics as it pivots to in vivo applications of its gene-editing technology

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Xcell and aCGT Vector partner on cell and gene therapy development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pharmaceutical companies Xcell Biosciences (Xcellbio) and aCGT Vector have partnered to expedite the development of cell and gene therapies. The two companies will aim to improve the manufacturing and analytic procedures used to develop personalised cell and gene therapies to treat cancer patients.

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Ginkgo Bioworks partners with WARF for new GD2 CAR T-cell therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

WARF is the patenting and licensing organisation for the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the US. All the new GD2 CAR designs developed through the partnership will be validated via in vitro screens and in vivo murine models. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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Editas grabs orphan drug status for sickle cell disease CRISPR therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an Orphan Drug Designation to Editas Medicine’s gene therapy EDIT-301 in sickle cell disease, based on an April 27 announcement. On January 19, Editas announced that it entered into a definitive agreement with Shoreline Biosciences for the licensing of its natural killer cell program.

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10 Key Learnings from Successful Cellular and Gene Therapy Trials for Rare Diseases

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Awareness of rare diseases is growing, and with a better understanding of the pathophysiology of many rare diseases, innovative treatment options are emerging, like gene therapies that can treat the root cause of rare genetic diseases and potentially provide long-term symptom relief, or even a definitive cure.