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FDA Approves Landmark Sickle Cell Gene Therapies, Casgevy and Lyfgenia

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Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved two milestone gene therapies for sickle cell disease, including the first treatment ever approved that uses gene-editing technology. FRIDAY, Dec. 8, 2023 -- The U.S. Casgevy, developed by Vertex.

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FDA Approves First Gene Therapy, Elevidys, to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the drug Elevidys, the first gene therapy for the treatment of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 -- The U.S. The groundbreaking treatment will not be cheap:

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FDA Approves Landmark Sickle Cell Gene Therapies

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Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved two milestone gene therapies for sickle cell disease, including the first treatment ever approved that uses gene-editing technology.Casgevy, developed by Vertex. FRIDAY, Dec. 8, 2023 -- The U.S.

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FDA Approves First Gene Therapy to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the drug Elevidys, the first gene therapy for the treatment of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 -- The U.S. The groundbreaking treatment will not be cheap:

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FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Severe Hemophilia A, Roctavian

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Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a costly single-dose gene therapy for patients with severe hemophilia A. FRIDAY, June 30, 2023 -- The U.S. The treatment, Roctavian (valoctocogene roxaparvovec), will cost $2.9 million for a single.

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FDA approves bispecific drug from Pfizer for multiple myeloma

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Elrexfio is the third bispecific antibody cleared to treat the blood cancer, and will compete with other therapies that target the “BCMA” protein on myeloma cells.

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FDA Approves New Treatment for Advanced Melanoma, Amtagvi

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Food and Drug Administration has approved a novel treatment for advanced melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer. becomes the first cellular therapy approved to. MONDAY, Feb. 19, 2024 -- The U.S. Amtagvi, made by Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc.,