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

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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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University Hospitals now offering FDA-approved medication for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease

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CLEVELAND—University Hospitals (UH) Brain Health & Memory Center is now treating patients with LEQEMBI® (lecanemab), a Food and Drug Administration-approved medication for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

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FDA approves first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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The FDA’s accelerated approval is based on an increase in Elevidys micro-dystrophin protein expression in skeletal muscle. The post FDA approves first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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FDA approves RSV vaccine to protect babies from birth

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Pfizer’s Abrysvo (Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine) was approved for use at 32-36 weeks gestational age of pregnancy to prevent lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) and severe LRTD caused by RSV in infants from birth to six months of age.

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FDA approves gene therapy for rare neurological disorder

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SKYSONA has become the first FDA approved therapy to slow the progression of neurologic dysfunction in boys with cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD). CALD is a rare, progressive, neurodegenerative disease that primarily affects young boys and causes irreversible, devastating neurologic decline.

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Bispecific antibody successfully reduced bleeds in haemophilia A

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A similar bispecific antibody, emicizumab, manufactured by Genentech, was first granted Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for haemophilia A in 2017. This restores the body’s thrombin generation capacity, helping blood to clot.

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Cancer vaccine shows sustained improvement in survival rates

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Professor Charles Swanton, Cancer Research UK’s chief clinician, said the melanoma trial results were “extremely impressive”, adding: “The new vaccine approach is another piece of the puzzle that will allow more patients to be cured, hopefully, or fewer patients to suffer disease relapse. The follow-up of the Phase IIb study took place 34.9

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