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Startup AIRNA emerges from stealth to bring RNA editing to a rare disease

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

AIRNA is one of several biotechs to debut plans for target alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in recent years, with competitors such as AlveoGene, Wave Life Sciences and Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals.

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How AI will reshape pharma by 2025

Drug Target Review

Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionised many industries, yet its adoption in pharmaceutical drug development has been notably slower. Looking ahead, 2025 could represent a major turning point for the pharmaceutical sector.

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‘No tolerance for failure’: An oral history of the first CRISPR medicine

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

A new sickle cell disease therapy developed by CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals is now approved in the U.S. This is the story of how it came to be.

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What if a CRISPR cure isn’t such an easy choice?

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

A gene editing therapy developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics can mute sickle cell disease’s most damaging symptoms. Yet treatment may not be as simple as its dramatic benefit makes it seem.

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After surprise trial failure, ALS doctors brace for one less treatment option

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Physicians are preparing for tough conversations with patients on Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ drug, Relyvrio, while holding out hope it still may help some with the disease.

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Roche to gain gut disease drug in $7.1B deal for Roivant subsidiary

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The Swiss pharmaceutical company has agreed to buy Televant, a company set up by Roivant and Pfizer to develop a promising inflammatory bowel disease treatment.

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Bristol Myers pours $100M into RNA drugs for cardiovascular diseases

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Tuesday’s deal signals the pharmaceutical giant's confidence in Avidity Biosciences and its so-called antibody oligonucleotide conjugates.

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