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With new IPO pitch, Artiva touts ‘natural killer’ cell therapy for autoimmune disease

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Like many of its cell therapy peers, Artiva, which originally sought an IPO in 2021, has shifted its strategy in hopes of riding a recent wave of investor interest in autoimmune disease research.

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Roche, Adaptimmune part ways on cell therapy research

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The two companies have ended a collaboration that was struck in 2021 and focused on “off-the-shelf” cell therapies for cancer.

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

PLOS: DNA Science

The Food and Drug Administration just announced approval of Lenmeldy (atidarsagene autotemcel), a gene therapy to treat the neurological condition metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). The history of gene therapy for MLD is compelling – DNA Science covered it for Rare Disease Day in 2021, here. She passed away in 2013.

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The evolution of cell therapy to address unmet medical needs

Drug Target Review

The mission of Lineage Cell Therapeutics is to deliver on some of the early promises of cell therapy. Cell therapy as a concept is a wonderful idea, but many of the early efforts never generated the kind of clinical data that gets people excited and leads to new medicines. In some cases, cell therapy can be curative for the patient.

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Sloane’s Journey with ASO Therapy

KIF1A

She is scheduled to be the 2nd patient in the world to receive ASO therapy for KAND. Timeline: December 2021 – We met with Dr Chung in NYC and discussed and applied to n-Lorem. March 2023 – We met with n-Lorem and found out Susannah’s ASO (1st KAND patient to receive ASO therapy for KAND) would work for Sloane.

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Drug Channels News Roundup, December 2021: CAR-T Profits, UM Boom, Health Plans vs. Experts, Confused Physicians, and Health Insurance Explained

Drug Channels

We made it through a challenging 2021. Ring in 2022 with these noisemakers from the Drug Channels party bag: Hospitals earn incredible markups on CAR-T therapies Utilization management booms Health plans often ignore clinical guidelines Benefit designs flummox physicians Plus: an awesomely concise summary of U.S. health insurance.

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What FDA’s Newest Gene Therapy Approval Tells Us About Durability: How Long is Long Enough?

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

Valentine — On November 22, 2022, FDA approved CSL Behring’s BLA for Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), an AAV-based gene therapy for the treatment of adults with Hemophilia B who currently use Factor IX prophylaxis therapy, have current or historical life-threatening hemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes.

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