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CAH is a group of rare genetic disorders affecting the adrenal glands, which produce essential hormones like cortisol, aldosterone and androgens. The most common form of CAH, 21-hydroxylase deficiency, disrupts hormone production, leading to cortisol deficiency and an overproduction of androgens.
Conventional resveratrol products often face challenges like poor absorption and significant gastrointestinal side effects. CAMP4’s RNA-based therapies focus on geneticdiseases like urea cycle disorders, while Rapport’s small molecules aim to address epilepsy, pain and bipolar disorder.
The BGTC aims to expedite the development, manufacture and delivery of customised or “bespoke” gene therapies to treat rare diseases, including some which are too rare to be of commercial interest. The collaboration creates a reusable standardised method that minimises upfront costs and helps to reduce development barriers.
MiNA Therapeutics has entered into a research collaboration and option licensing agreement with BioMarin Pharmaceutical to speed up the development of therapeutic ribonucleic acid activation (RNAa) candidates to treat rare geneticdiseases. The new deal excludes oncology and other therapeutic areas outside the scope of geneticdisease.
The multi-year collaboration will focus on discovering precision genetic medicines by developing a new platform for complete gene insertion by delivering a single vector of gene editing and DNA cargo. Beyond the liver, ReCode’s SORT LNP genetic medicines technology enables the delivery to target cells and organs.
Under the research partnership deal, the companies will develop new precision genetic medicines for a severe form of genetic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Our pipeline of programmes focused on neuromuscular and cardiac rare disease gives us deep insight into the diverse and complex nature of dilated cardiomyopathy.”.
Merck will also make royalty payments on any approved products developed out of the partnership. The rights to the oRNA-LNP technology platform of Orna will be retained by the company, which will also progress various other fully owned programmes in oncology and geneticdisease areas.
Xinvento will also receive up to $150m in certain commercial net sales milestones related to the lead product or a second molecule in the event of a second molecule’s selection, development and approval.
Under the agreement terms, Tevard will receive up-front, option-exercise, as well as milestone payments, along with royalties on any products that are approved. The company is pioneering tRNA-based therapeutics for modulating mRNA function and curing several geneticdiseases.
The European Medicines Agencyâs Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has once again snubbed Translarna (ataluren), PTC Therapeuticsâ treatment for the geneticdisease Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
The collaboration will combine the mRNA platform of Moderna with the gene editing technologies suite, including the base editing capabilities of Life Edit for the development of curative therapies to treat challenging geneticdiseases. Life Edit will get an upfront payment and is eligible for potential milestone payments.
MD, FAAP, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, who will discuss genetic forms of hearing loss in children. Dr. John Greinwald is a tenured professor of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics with over 20 years of experience with a focus on the genetic causes and treatment of deafness. To register for the call, please click here.
Pharmaceutical companies are putting their trust in the immense potential this new generation of medicine has for treating individuals with rare geneticdiseases, which currently affect an estimated 280 million patients worldwide. You have very little supply and the product is incredibly temperature sensitive,” explains MacNeir. “If
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CAMP4 reckons antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapeutics targeting these regRNA sequences have the potential to dial up the production of proteins from any disease-associated gene, treating geneticdiseases “at their core.”
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Roche’s oral treatment Evrysdi for the rare geneticdisease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) will be made available on the NHS in England, after NICE reached a three-year access agreement with the company.
Sanofi has added to its rare disease pipeline by licensing an antibody-RNA conjugate (ARC) for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), a genetic muscle disorder, from US biotech miRecule.
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Related: Gene Therapy Clinical Trials for Rare Diseases: 5 Key Takeaways from FDA’s Recent Town Hall “The BGTC offers promise for rare disease patients around the world,” said Julie Gerberding, MD, CEO of the FNIH, in the press release from the agency. In the US, more than 30 million people live with a rare disease.
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. “Agena proactively sourced and secured materials to provide uninterrupted product availability to our customers. Agena Bioscience develops, manufactures, and supplies genetic analysis systems and reagents, including the MassARRAY ® System. ” More information is available at www.agenabio.com. About Agena Bioscience.
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These techniques make the production of and access to high-quality data on rare diseases the gateway to treatment identification, and so are proving more crucial than ever for organisations in pharma. Findacure is a charity that works directly with rare disease patient groups to help them grow and professionalise.
As a consequence, patients with premature stop codon diseases have reduced or eliminated protein production from the mutation bearing allele accounting for some of the most severe phenotypes in these geneticdiseases. These premature stop codons have been identified in over 1,800 rare and ultra-rare diseases.
The trials are the first to test a CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing therapy in humans for a geneticdisease, according to the partners. By gene editing the patient’s own stem cells we may have the potential to make this therapy an option for many patients facing these blood diseases,” he added.
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