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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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Importance of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials

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PROs in clinical trials are important as they capture the patient’s perspective and ensure that the impact of an intervention is comprehensively evaluated. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) increasingly look to patients to understand how they describe their health status. What are PROs in clinical trials?

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Kite Receives U.S. FDA Approval of New State-of-the-Art CAR T-Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility in Maryland

The Pharma Data

The site will produce Kite’s FDA approved CAR T-cell therapy used to treat blood cancer. The company is invested in the future of the cell therapy workforce and anticipates having more than 400 employees working at the Maryland site by the end of 2022. Our median cycle time is industry leading at 16 days in the U.S.,

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Understanding FDA’s Draft Guidance on Ethical Considerations for Involving Children in Clinical Trials

Advarra

In 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Spinraza (nusinersen). While the FDA’s approval of nusinersen may not seem extraordinary, it was. Nusinersen’s approval marked the first time nonclinical data supported conducting initial clinical trials involving children. Why This Guidance Now?

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Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in Clinical Trials: Challenges and Opportunities

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In 2017, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first gene therapy for cancer and for inherited diseases, the first multiplex NGS panel for companion diagnostics (CDx), and the first drug targeting a genetic signature though not a disease. Fountzilas et al. Fountzilas et al.

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Olutasidenib

New Drug Approvals

FDA 12/1/2022, To treat adults with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia with a susceptible isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1) mutation, Rezlidhia Olutasidenib , sold under the brand name Rezlidhia , is an anticancer medication used to treat relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia. [1] 1 December 2022. J Med Chem.

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Biogen’s Statement on the Final National Coverage Determination for Amyloid-Beta Targeting Therapies for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

The Pharma Data

This unprecedented CMS decision effectively denies all Medicare beneficiaries access to ADUHELM ® (aducanumab-avwa), the first and only FDA-approved therapy in a new class of Alzheimer’s drugs. It may also limit coverage for any future approved treatment in the class. About Biogen.