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What Do Patients Have to Say about Gene Therapy Trials? An Upcoming FDA Public Meeting to Hear from Patients and Caregivers

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

Who better than people living with a condition to inform drug companies, physicians, academics, and the FDA on what it is like to live with their condition, what symptoms most impact their lives, what goes into their decision about whether to participate in a clinical trial, and what kind of treatment effects would be most meaningful to them?

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Novartis’ CAR-T therapy Kymriah hits endpoint in follicular lymphoma trial

The Pharma Data

. Novartis has revealed positive results from a phase 2 study of its CAR-T therapy Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) in patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma. The therapy is a one-time treatment created individually for each patient using their own T cells. Source link.

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Is Recent Gene Therapy Setback for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) Déjà vu All Over Again?

PLOS: DNA Science

In the final chapter of my 2012 book The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It , I predicted that the technology would soon expand well beyond the rare disease world. Gene therapy clearly hasn’t had a major impact on health care, offering extremely expensive treatments for a few individuals with rare diseases.

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AI in gene delivery vector discovery and design

Drug Target Review

Genome engineering and gene therapies that manipulate DNA sequences in cells have driven a biotechnological revolution over the past decade. Endgame: glybera finally recommended for approval as the first gene therapy drug in the European union. Molecular Therapy 20 , 1831-1832 (2012). Russell S, et al.

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The Significance of the MHRA Approval and Upcoming FDA Review of the First Gene Editing Treatment

Conversations in Drug Development Trends

In recognition of the unmet need and medical urgency for innovative therapies in the sickle cell space, the FDA granted exa-cel Priority Review, with a formal decision expected by December 8, 2023. Why is Casgevy a Breakthrough Gene Therapy for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease?

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The science of ageing and restoring healthspan

Drug Target Review

Contrary to popular belief, ageing is not caused by just random wear and tear of our bodies over time but is instead caused by a discrete set of biological mechanisms that we now better understand and can target with therapies. a clinical-stage private biopharma company developing therapies for neurological and psychiatric diseases.

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The power of combinations in blood cancers

Drug Target Review

2 It is this complexity that necessitates powerful, targeted combination therapies. 4, 5 More recently, new combination regimens have emerged that incorporate targeted therapies to treat a variety of blood cancers, including multiple myeloma (MM), chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML).