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FDA approves first gene therapies for sickle cell disease (with a warning)

Drug Discovery World

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first cell-based gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD), Casgevy and Lyfgenia. Casgevy, from Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics, is also the first FDA-approved treatment to use CRISPR gene editing technology.

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FDA approval represents ‘transformational progress’ in hypertension

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This is a major public health issue leading to a high incidence of cardio- and cerebrovascular events. ” The post FDA approval represents ‘transformational progress’ in hypertension appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW). Now we are bringing significant medical progress for patients with systemic hypertension.

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FDA Approves Duvystat, New Oral Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

PLOS: DNA Science

A new drug has entered the arsenal against Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a genetic disease that affects boys and is challenging to treat. FDA classifies it as a “nonsteroidal treatment” – not a gene therapy, but it affects gene expression. ITF Therapeutics provides the new drug in the US. Hyperbole or Hope?

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FDA approves Pfizer’s LITFULO™ (ritlecitinib) for adults and adolescents with severe alopecia areata

The Pharma Data

FDA approves Pfizer’s LITFULO™ (ritlecitinib) for adults and adolescents with severe alopecia areata Pfizer Inc. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved LITFULO™ (ritlecitinib), a once-daily oral treatment, for individuals 12 years of age and older with severe alopecia areata. with placebo.

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Pfizer’s TALZENNA® in combination with XTANDI® receives U.S. FDA approval

The Pharma Data

FDA approval Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) announced that the U.S. 2) HRR gene mutations are found in approximately 25% of tumors from men with mCRPC and have been associated with aggressive disease and poor prognosis.(3,4,5,6) Therefore, new first-line treatment options are needed to reduce the risk of disease progression or death.

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“Important new approach” to myeloma now available in the EU

Drug Discovery World

It is approved in adult patients who have received at least three prior therapies, including an immunomodulatory agent, a proteasome inhibitor, and an anti-CD38 antibody and have demonstrated disease progression on the last therapy. The most common adverse event (AEs) observed in the study was cytokine release syndrome (77%, 1.5%

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U.S. FDA APPROVES TICOVAC™, PFIZER’S TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS (TBE) VACCINE

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TICOVAC (tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine) for active immunization to prevent TBE in individuals 1 year of age and older. 1 TICOVAC is the only FDA-approved vaccine to help protect U.S. Following today’s FDA approval, the U.S. in 1-15 year olds and 98.7-100%