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Taysha Gene Therapies Receives Rare Pediatric Disease and Orphan Drug Designations for TSHA-105 for the Treatment of Epilepsy Caused by SLC13A5 Deficiency

The Pharma Data

“There are no approved therapies for epilepsy caused by SLC13A5 that address the underlying cause of this disease,” said RA Session II, President, Founder and CEO of Taysha. “We Taysha’s commitment to developing a potentially life-changing gene therapy for SLC13A5 deficiency is greatly welcomed by our patient community.”.

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Antibody Drug Conjugates: windows of opportunity

Drug Target Review

These therapies have broadened treatment options for patients to expand beyond the more traditional small molecule drug alternatives. ADCs have the potential to redress the poor balance between safety and efficacy seen with traditional cancer treatment options. 3D rendering of Antibody Drug Conjugate Molecules.

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Ionis highlights achievements, commercial strategy and technology advancements at Investor Day

The Pharma Data

The company’s commercial priorities are three-fold: (1) Initially focusing its commercial efforts on rare diseases within its prolific neurology and cardiology franchises (2) pioneer new markets where there are no available treatments (3) create new standards of care where there has been a lack of innovation to optimize patient care.

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Fibrosis research: Advances and challenges 

Drug Discovery World

PW: The big challenge with fibrotic diseases is that they evolve slowly and are diagnosed late in the disease process. This has hindered development of drugs so that, from a therapeutic intervention point of view, fibrosis research is still in its infancy.

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Scaling up: The need for human cells to give better access to cell therapies

Drug Discovery World

Reece Armstrong speaks to Kathryn Golden , SVP Technical Operations and Manufacturing, bit.bio, about novel technologies, and methods to manufacture human cells for therapies so more patients can access these treatments. Cell therapies have emerged as transformative and potentially curative treatments across a range of disease areas.

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Synthetic biology: Shaping the future of drug discovery 

Drug Discovery World

billion by 2026, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28.4% during the forecast period of 2021-2026. Just taking a small snapshot of the current sector shines a light on the depth of development taking place. With reports of the drug being prescribed to President Biden, the drug recently hit the headlines. .

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Article EMA Thank You What will the orphan drug market exclusivity haircut mean for industry?

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 847/2000 set the rules, defining an orphan drug as one “that it is intended for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of a life-threatening or chronically debilitating condition affecting not more than five in 10 thousand persons in the Community when the application is made.”