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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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Jean-Paul Clozel, MD and Chief Executive Officer of Idorsia, commented: “Today, there are millions of Americans whose blood pressure is not well-controlled despite existing therapies. This is a major public health issue leading to a high incidence of cardio- and cerebrovascular events.

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Can an antibody therapy prevent fentanyl overdoses?

Drug Discovery World

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong speaks to Tracy M Woody , President and Chief Executive Officer of Cessation Therapeutics, about the company’s goal to develop an antibody therapy to prevent fentanyl overdoses. As it stands, there are no FDA-approved products designed to prevent a fentanyl overdose.

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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. Muscle makes up about 40 percent of body weight. million DNA bases.

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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. of patients on the 0.8mg/kg dose achieved a very good partial response or better and 38.7%

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This week in drug discovery (12-16 September)

Drug Discovery World

A slightly quieter week for news in light of national events in the UK, but the vital work of the international drug discovery community goes on and new discoveries are being made all the time. . First biologic therapy for young children with severe eczema . FDA approves new first-line therapy for plaque psoriasis .

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FDA withdraws approval of Oncopeptides’ Pepaxto

Drug Discovery World

The trial compared Pepaxto with low-dose dexamethasone to pomalidomide with low-dose dexamethasone in patients with relapsed or refractory (resistant) multiple myeloma following two to four lines of prior therapy and in patients who were resistant to lenalidomide in the last line of therapy.

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