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FDA approves Niktimvo for chronic graft-versus-host disease

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved axatilimab-csfr (Niktimvo), a colony stimulating factor-1 receptor-blocking antibody, for the treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD). ORR was 75% in the 79 patients treated with the recommended dosage. The median time to first response was 1.5

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FDA approves first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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Sarepta Therapeutics’ Elevidys has become the first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) to gain marketing authorisation in the US. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl), an adeno-associated virus (AAV) based gene therapy for the treatment of DMD.

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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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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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ADCs: the next generation of targeted therapies 

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Mylotarg was ahead of its time in many ways: its novel structure of an antibody to target diseased cells, plus a cancer-killing payload attached via a special linker, is the blueprint for the antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) that followed.

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Cancer vaccine shows sustained improvement in survival rates

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The combination therapy was also shown to reduce the risk of distant metastasis or death by 62% compared to Keytruda alone in these patients. The global Phase III clinical trial is being led by University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the UK and will include around 1,100 people. months after initial treatment.

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

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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%