FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

JULY 17, 2024

Importantly, the Hub is intended to establish a new model within FDA, which leverages cross-Agency expertise in providing guidance and conducting reviews for products for rare disease populations. By Sarah Wicks & James E. Valentine & Frank J. those reviewed by the CDER Division of Rare Diseases and Medical Genetics).

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BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Expert advisers to the agency voted 17-1 that Brainstorm's clinical trial data did not show the company's stem cell treatment was effective for treating ALS.

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BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Expert advisers to the agency voted 17-1 that Brainstorm's clinical trial data did not show the company's stem cell treatment was effective for treating ALS.

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PPD

JUNE 7, 2023

The number of pediatric patients diagnosed with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is on the rise, yet there are currently no approved therapies to treat NAFLD and NASH in adult or pediatric populations. As therapies for the treatment of NASH in adult patients go this year to the U.S.

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PLOS: DNA Science

MARCH 28, 2024

FDA classifies it as a “nonsteroidal treatment” – not a gene therapy, but it affects gene expression. The New Drug Duvyzat (givinostat), a type of drug called an HDAC inhibitor, has been in clinical trials to treat cancers and other disorders of the blood, Crohn’s disease, and a form of juvenile arthritis.

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BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

JUNE 20, 2024

The decision makes Elevidys available to Duchenne patients at least 4 years of age, despite mixed trial results that have led to skepticism about its effectiveness.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

MARCH 26, 2024

Sasinowski — On March 21st, FDA announced the approval of the first nonsteroidal therapy for the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) (FDA press release available here ). The primary basis for approval, like other drugs for DMD, was based on a single placebo-controlled randomized trial. By Charles G.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapies for treating PAH were primarily vasodilators, designed to overcome the imbalance between vasoactive and vasodilator mediators and to restore endothelial cell function. Their early definition — as well as plans for recording and tracking — is a major factor in a trial’s success.

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BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

MARCH 15, 2024

A majority of experts believed that the factors that may have led to an increased risk of early death in testing of Carvykti and Abecma aren’t as likely to occur outside of a clinical trial.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Snow — On September 18, 2023, FDA published an updated, final iteration of guidance for immediate implementation entitled, “ Considerations for the Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products During Major Disruptions Due to Disasters and Public Health Emergencies.” By James E. Valentine & Charles D.

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KIF1A

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Read the Article Rare Roundup Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium Publishes First ‘Playbook’ to Bring Rare Disease Programs to Clinic Gene-based therapy is still a new arena; even as scientists across the world work on gene therapies, a major question is how to best prepare these treatments for clinical trials and regulatory approval.

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Advarra

MARCH 20, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released new guidance regarding cellular and gene therapy products, one of which may significantly impact early-phase clinical trials of such products. The Benefits of the Umbrella Trial There are many potential benefits to the umbrella trial.

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Drug Target Review

JULY 4, 2023

These therapies have broadened treatment options for patients to expand beyond the more traditional small molecule drug alternatives. Patients and caregivers also assess the benefits offered by different therapies, weighing the progression-free survival with their off-target effects. 3D rendering of Antibody Drug Conjugate Molecules.

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its acceptance of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for exa-cel. In recognition of the unmet need and medical urgency for innovative therapies in the sickle cell space, the FDA granted exa-cel Priority Review, with a formal decision expected by December 8, 2023.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a pivotal role in fostering the development of treatments for rare diseases through its Orphan Products Grants Program. Each year, FDA selects a limited number of clinical trials to fund to help sponsors pursue development of medical products for rare diseases and advance their field.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

MARCH 19, 2023

s Mark Tobolowsky co-authored the peer-reviewed article “ Microdystrophin Expression as a Surrogate Endpoint for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Clinical Trials ” in the recently published edition of Human Gene Therapy. Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.’s

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The Pharma Data

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Designation is supported by Phase II efficacy and safety data that will be presented at ATS 2022 Boehringer Ingelheim plans to study this novel investigational therapy in patients with progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases. The FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation is supported by data collected to date.

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Chemical Biology and Drug Design

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Zidovudine, didanosine, and stavudine are FDA-approved NRTIs, while nevirapine, efavirenz, and delavirdine are FDA-approved NNRTIs. Several agents are in clinical trials, including apricitabine, racivir, elvucitabine, doravirine, dapivirine, and elsulfavirine.

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Drug Target Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Stem cell transplants have saved patients’ lives time and time again, which led us to launch our own Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program. Regarding CAR-T cell therapy, could you highlight the promising findings that have been identified in the early stages of drug discovery, as well as potential challenges?

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Fierce BioTech

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

1 2 The diagnosis of cancer in children may be delayed due to the non-specific nature of t | Navigate current legislation and FDA guidance for pediatric oncology clinical trials with expert guidance from WCG. Although childhood cancer is rare, it is the leading cause of disease related death in children.1

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Advarra

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The field of cell and gene therapies (CGT) is constantly evolving, and there has been significant progress in this area of research. However, despite the promise of these therapies, the regulations governing them lag the science, which in turn hinders the clinical translation of these novel medicines.

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PLOS: DNA Science

JUNE 1, 2023

The newest FDA-approved gene therapy treats the severe, skin-peeling condition dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB). The gene treatment has been a long time coming, but it differs from the handful of other approved gene therapies: it isn’t a one-and-done. DEB has been a candidate for a gene therapy since 2002.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 27, 2022

Novartis today announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for Kymriah ® (tisagenlecleucel) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory (r/r) follicular lymphoma (FL) after two or more lines of systemic therapy.

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The Premier Consulting Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Accelerated approval is an expedited regulatory pathway designed to hasten the availability of drugs (including biologics) that treat serious conditions, offer advantages over existing therapies, and address unmet medical needs. In essence, these trials are the final step that turns provisional approval into full approval.

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Antidote

JULY 9, 2024

Though clinical trials are often discussed in the context of medications and therapies, the devices that administer these medications must also be approved by the FDA before they can be released to market.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Roche announced that gantenerumab, an anti-amyloid beta antibody developed for subcutaneous administration, has been granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of people living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

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KIF1A

APRIL 25, 2024

She is scheduled to be the 2nd patient in the world to receive ASO therapy for KAND. March 2023 – We met with n-Lorem and found out Susannah’s ASO (1st KAND patient to receive ASO therapy for KAND) would work for Sloane. February 2024 – n-Lorem submitted an IND (investigational new drug) to the FDA for Sloane.

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PLOS: DNA Science

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In the final chapter of my 2012 book The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It , I predicted that the technology would soon expand well beyond the rare disease world. Gene therapy clearly hasn’t had a major impact on health care, offering extremely expensive treatments for a few individuals with rare diseases.

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Advarra

JANUARY 11, 2024

The applications of mRNA-based therapies in cancer research represent one of the next groundbreaking steps toward improved cancer treatments. Adoptive T Cell therapies, therapeutic antibodies, and immunomodulatory proteins represent just some of the potentially beneficial treatment strategies for successful mRNA cancer trials.

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Drug Target Review

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Viral vectors have been crucial in transforming the gene therapy landscape due to their natural ability to infect cells. 1 In 2017, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first AAV-based gene replacement therapy (Luxturna), for Leber congenital amaurosis type 2.

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BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The FDA approved the targeted therapy together with chemo for first-line metastatic lung cancer, while fresh trial results supported earlier use.

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The ChEMBL-og

APRIL 16, 2024

71 out of the 882 newly added EMA drugs are only authorised by EMA, rather than from other regulatory bodies e.g. FDA. Progress has been made towards standardising drug and clinical candidate pref_names (in MOLECULE_DICTIONARY.PREF_NAME) whereby an approved drug name (FDA /EMA) is assigned in the first instance, if available.

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The Pharma Data

APRIL 19, 2022

Kite’s Global CAR T-Cell Therapy Manufacturing Network Increasing Capacity by 50% to Meet Patient Demand for New Cancer Therapies. — Scalable and Adaptable Facility Provides Flexibility for Current and Future Cell Therapy Innovation. The site will produce Kite’s FDA approved CAR T-cell therapy used to treat blood cancer.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Valentine On November 19, 2024, FDA released a draft guidance titled Frequently Asked Questions Developing Potential Cellular and Gene Therapy Products. Section #1: FDA Interactions Given the wide range of sponsors (i.e., Tobolowsky & Charles G. Raver & James E.

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Agency IQ

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

BY RACHEL COE, MSC | FEB 7, 2024 10:21 PM CST The Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium A collaborative effort, the Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium (BGTC) was launched in October 2021 to “accelerate development of gene therapies for the 30 million Americans who suffer from a rare disease.”

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is the third withdrawal of an accelerated approval FDA has performed, following Avastin in 2011 and Makena in 2023. Without commenting on the merits of the decision, it is an interesting window into how FDA may use these new procedures in practice. However, the timelines for these procedures were not specified by the law.

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Advarra

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

How do you know your experimental therapy is working? In most cases, the results you are really looking for and trying to prove in a trial can be complex. In most cases, the results you are really looking for and trying to prove in a trial can be complex.

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