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Vertex pays CRISPR to use its gene editing tech for diabetes drugs

Bio Pharma Dive

Vertex will license CRISPR technology to develop insulin-producing islet cells that are more resistant to immune rejection, adding to other efforts directed at Type 1 diabetes.

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PAX5—a gene strongly associated with impaired insulin secretion in type 2 diabetes

Medical Xpress

Researchers have identified 395 genes that are differently expressed in people with type 2 diabetes. One of the genes proved to be very strongly associated with impaired insulin secretion. Now, researchers want to investigate if it is possible to use the genetic CRISPR/Cas9 scissors to correct the gene's activity.

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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. For cell and gene therapy applications, you need a variety of speciality enzymes of the highest purity, specificity, and consistency. Meanwhile, the pharma industry is undergoing somewhat of a transformation itself. Developing best-in-class speciality enzymes.

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