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New avenues for rare disease treatment

Drug Target Review

Most of these conditions are genetic in origin and the majority have no effective treatment. Symptoms were reversed in mouse models and a clinical trial is planned for later this year. That includes countless rare peripheral diseases, including many for which there are currently no treatments.

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SHINE trial on shorter treatment for children with minimal TB

The Pharma Data

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global TB Programme welcomes the results from an important study on shortened treatment for drug-susceptible tuberculosis (TB) in children, presented at the 51 st virtual Union World Conference on Lung Health. Side-effects related to treatment were few, and similar across both groups.

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Therapeutic peptide developed for triple-negative breast cancer

Drug Target Review

These findings offer a novel strategy for developing targeted treatments for triple-negative breast cancer, which currently has no approved options. The peptide in development is based on a 2018 Cleveland Clinic discovery and serves as a proof-of-concept for this type of drug for triple-negative breast cancer. Available from: [link]

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At Long Last, FDA Unveils Plan for Rare Disease Innovation Hub

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

An Opportunity to Leverage the Newly Created Rare Disease Advisory Committee across CDER and CBER In Frank and James’ 2018 proposal there was also a recommendation for the formation of a Rare Disease Advisory Committee, which would allow FDA access to experts in the science of small trials and other aspects of rare disease research.

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Older Siblings Made Possible Just-Approved Gene Therapy for Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

PLOS: DNA Science

million price tag for the one-time infusion, and for the older siblings who contributed to developing the gene treatment, but were too sick to receive it. A Long and Winding Diagnostic Road The story begins in 2011, with Alessandra Biffi, MD, head of the clinical trial for MLD at the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy in Milan.

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Swissmedic approves Buvidal for the treatment of opioid dependence

The Pharma Data

18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Camurus AB (NASDAQ STO: CAMX) announced today that the Swiss agency for therapeutic products, Swissmedic, has approved weekly and monthly Buvidal ® prolonged release buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid dependence in adults and adolescents from 16 years of age. LUND, Sweden , Dec. About Buvidal.

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Before Clinical Trials: The Long Game of Rare Disease Research

Conversations in Drug Development Trends

95% of rare diseases don’t have a treatment approved and won’t anytime soon. Miraculously, there was an approved treatment. Over the next few decades, that drug made its way through clinical trials, securing approval in 2007—just 36 months before Rob was diagnosed in 2010. Uplifting Athletes (UA) is on a mission to change that.