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Lilly and ProQR to expand genetic medicine development agreement

Pharmaceutical Technology

Eli Lilly and Company has expanded a licencing and partnership agreement with ProQR Therapeutics to discover, develop and market new genetic medicines. The post Lilly and ProQR to expand genetic medicine development agreement appeared first on Pharmaceutical Technology.

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Bluebird, with little fanfare, is first to bring a second gene therapy to market

Bio Pharma Dive

The approval of Skysona for a genetic brain disease is a milestone for one of gene therapy's pioneering companies, but isn't expected to turn Bluebird's financial fortunes around.

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EMA validates Sobi’s marketing authorisation application for efanesoctocog alfa

Pharmaceutical Technology

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted and verified Sobi’s marketing authorisation application for a new factor VIII (FVIII), efanesoctocog alfa, to treat haemophilia A patients of all ages. Haemophilia A is a rare genetic disorder in which blood-clotting ability is impaired because of the absence of FVIII.

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Fulgent Genetics acquires therapeutics development company Fulgent Pharma

Pharmaceutical Technology

Fulgent Genetics has acquired clinical-stage therapeutics development firm Fulgent Pharma for a total deal price of nearly $100m. According to the deal, the purchase price, contingent on adjustments, has to be paid by Fulgent Genetics as a combination of cash on hand and its shares of common stock.

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FDA Approves Ensacove (Ensartinib) for Advanced NSCLC in Crowded ALK Inhibitor Market

XTalks

ALK-positive NSCLC is a subset of lung cancer driven by genetic rearrangements in the ALK gene. Roches Alecensa is the current ALK inhibitor market leader. Ensartinibs approval, granted under the commercial name Ensacove, was awarded to Xcovery Holdings, a subsidiary of Chinas Betta Pharmaceuticals.

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SOPHiA GENETICS and AstraZeneca partner for oncology drugs development

Pharmaceutical Technology

SOPHiA GENETICS is expanding its collaboration with AstraZeneca to include multimodal approaches for developing cancer drugs. This collaboration aims to use the global SOPHiA DDM platform, a cloud-native platform of SOPHiA GENETICS, and multimodal algorithmic capabilities for AstraZeneca’s oncology portfolio.

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Indian pharma to take advantage of GenAI potential to streamline drug discovery, reduce cost & time-to-market

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

Functions such as establishing connections between the causative pathways and showing the genetic predispositions have the potential to enable successful interventions and revert disease progression. The Indian pharmaceutical industry is working to take advantage of Generative AI potential to transform drug discovery.

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