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Bayer trumpets $1bn CRISPR deal with Mammoth Bio

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The German group is paying $40 million upfront to kick off the alliance, which is focusing on the development of up to five CRISPR drugs that can be delivered in vivo for liver-targeted diseases. – are around one-third the size of the more commonly used Cas9.

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Vertex, CRISPR prep filing for gene-editing blood disorder therapy

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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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Vertex builds in gene editing yet again, with $1.2bn Arbor deal

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The latest deal allows Vertex to tap into Arbor’s technology platform to develop cell therapies for diseases like type 1 diabetes and blood disorders sickle cell disease (SCD) and beta thalassaemia. If approved, it could mount a challenge to bluebird bio’s gene therapy Zynteglo, which is already approved in Europe.

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ASH: CRISPR, Vertex’ CTX001 hits the mark in red cell disorders

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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. They are due to enrol 45 apiece, and are scheduled to readout next year.

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Verily – Janssen collaboration; Enhancing the response in pancreatic cancer; Avrobio gene therapy eradicates toxic substrate; Gut microbiome responsible for Multiple Sclerosis

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However, they have only shrunk tumors in about half of patients who took them, along with chemotherapy, in the clinical trials. The first Fabry disease patient treated with Avrobio’s Plato gene therapy platform in a phase 2 trial has undergone the complete clearance of toxic kidney substrate.

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Lysogene Reports Positive Biomarker Data With LYS-SAF302

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PARIS–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Regulatory News: Lysogene (FR0013233475 – LYS) (Paris:LYS), a phase 3 gene therapy platform company targeting central nervous system (CNS) diseases, today reports positive biomarker data from the ongoing AAVance clinical trial with LYS-SAF302 for the treatment of MPS IIIA (NCT03612869).

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Transitioning Between Academia and Industry: Advice from Leading Scientists That Made the Switch

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The drug is currently in clinical trials for alcoholic hepatitis (AH), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), as well as in COVID-19 patients with acute liver or kidney injury. However, this has since changed, and now, transitioning between academia and industry has become more commonplace. Key Moments. A life-changing moment came for Dr.