pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The company’s most advanced programmes are in Pompe disease – a rare genetic disease causing buildup of a sugar molecule inside cells – Parkinson’s disease and congestive heart failure.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has decided to give up on its experimental VX-814, a small molecule drug for the rare genetic disease Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), canning the drug’s development after seeing lackluster results from an early phase 2 trial. James Miessler.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 10, 2022

Last October, Vertex Pharma cut a similar sized deal with the start-up – co-founded by CRISPR pioneer and Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna – paying $41 million upfront with $650 million at the back end for in vivo drugs for two unidentified genetic diseases.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 16, 2020

These might be licensed drugs that could hold potential for a patent extension, or drugs which failed efficacy trials for an intended indication. Findacure is a charity that works directly with rare disease patient groups to help them grow and professionalise.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 5, 2022

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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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Y-mAbs Therapeutics has a target action date of November 30 for its Biologics License Application (BLA) for Danyelza (naxitamab) for patients with relapsed/refractory high-risk neuroblastoma. The drug was developed by researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and exclusively licensed to Y-mAbs.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Also emerging from the pipeline is Regeneron’s ANGPTL3-targeting antibody evinacumab , which is due for an initial FDA decision in rare genetic diseases that cause elevated cholesterol but also in development for patients with non-inherited forms of high cholesterol who can’t meet treatment targets with current drugs.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Athenex and Almirall have a license deal with Almirall having the license to research, develop and commercialize the drug in the U.S. CF is a rare, life-shortening genetic disease that affects the lungs, liver, GI tract, sinuses, sweat glands, pancreas and reproductive tract. and Europe, including Russia.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 14, 2020

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 genetic diseases. These premature stop codons have been identified in over 1,800 rare and ultra-rare diseases.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 8, 2021

If approved, the drug will be sold by Neuren Pharma, which licensed North American rights to the drug in 2018 and is also developing another drug for Rett blarcamesine, in collaboration with Anavex Life Sciences. Results from a phase 3 trial of blarcamesine are due next year.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Bristol Myers Squibb has a target action date of November 16 for the biologics license application (BLA) for lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel), a CD19-directed CAR T cell therapy for adults with r/r large B-cell lymphoma after at least two previous therapies.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The impact of CNS diseases extends beyond patients—to their families and society as well.” The assumption is SciNeuro will start with Parkinson’s disease and pain in addition to rare genetic diseases, after scaling up staffing. .

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Sabbagh will be responsible for expanding Inozyme’s proprietary pipeline by identifying and developing new therapeutics for monogenic and non-genetic diseases of abnormal mineralization. Prior to joining Inozyme, Sabbagh served as the head of rare renal and musculoskeletal diseases research at Sanofi.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for INZ-701 for the treatment of ENPP1 deficiency – The FDA grants rare pediatric disease designation to drugs for serious and life-threatening diseases in which the serious or life-threatening manifestations primarily affect children aged from birth through 18 years and affect fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and most of Asia Pacific, there are currently no licensed medicines for achondroplasia. BioMarin is a global biotechnology company that develops and commercializes innovative therapies for serious and life-threatening rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases. In the U.S., About BioMarin.

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Patients with this disease have a very high level of LDL-C, which increases their risk of coronary artery disease, including heart attack, stroke and atherosclerosis. Surrogate endpoints were used as the basis for approval of 45 percent of new drugs reviewed by the FDA between 2010 and 2012. What Is a Surrogate Endpoint?

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Delveinsight

JANUARY 12, 2021

Medivir, IGM Biosciences enters into an exclusive licensing agreement for Birinapant. Medivir AB has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with IGM Biosciences to receive global, exclusive development rights for Birinapant. AvantGen Enters into a Licensing Agreement for its Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies with IGM Biosciences.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 28, 2020

GeneTx licensed the rights to antisense technology intellectual property from the Texas A&M University System in December 2017. Ultragenyx is a biopharmaceutical company committed to bringing novel products to patients for the treatment of serious rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases. About Ultragenyx.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Xoma’s unique approach involves acquiring future economic interests tied to pre-commercial therapeutic candidates that have been licensed to pharmaceutical or biotech companies. It is now progressing towards the submission of a Biologics License Application (BLA) by the end of 2023. million, compared to $1.1

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AUGUST 17, 2021

Food and Drug Administration, which could have entered the ultra-rare genetic disease market. The rarity of disease – 1.36 Seagen will pay USD 200 million upfront to RemeGen and also secure an exclusive worldwide license agreement of upto USD 2.4 person/million around the globe.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

SMA is a rare, genetic neuromuscular disease caused by a lack of a functional SMN1 gene, resulting in the irreversible loss of motor neurons, affecting muscle functions, including breathing, swallowing and basic movement.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Vertex is planning to submit a Biologics License Application (BLA) by the end of the first quarter of 2023 and the company says it is also on track to submit exa-cel to UK and European Union (EU) regulators by the end of the year. As such, most gene therapies in late-stage clinical trials are in oncology or rare disease indications.

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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.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 17, 2021

Based in Seattle, Washington, Sana focuses on in vivo and ex vivo cell engineering platforms to develop therapies for cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, CNS disorders, and genetic diseases. The technology provides a way of producing hypoimmunogenic stem cells that can be differentiated into any cell type.

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