Drug Target Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

What key findings about stem cell behaviour, differentiation and integration within host tissues impact the development of stem cell therapies? Despite their potential, ADSC therapy faces several challenges in preclinical studies. Is there a certain disease or condition that you believe stem cell therapy holds the most promise for?

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Drug Target Review

JANUARY 4, 2024

What distinguishes Alder Therapeutics’ approach to regenerative cell therapy development from traditional methods, and how does it aim to reduce risks in the preclinical phase? Traditional approaches to regenerative cell therapy development are defined by several challenges. For manufacturing, it’s no different.

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PPD

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Cell and gene therapy (CGT) studies are rapidly gaining momentum in the Asia-Pacific region, fueled by growing patient demand and a thriving ecosystem of innovation. In China, the high incidence of solid tumors is driving an urgent need for advanced therapies, spurring the push for new treatment approaches.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Valentine — On November 22, 2022, FDA approved CSL Behring’s BLA for Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), an AAV-based gene therapy for the treatment of adults with Hemophilia B who currently use Factor IX prophylaxis therapy, have current or historical life-threatening hemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes.

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BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Next-generation sequencing allows for critical insights into gene therapy products, which can help streamline and accelerate everything from process development and production to regulatory approval.

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) have made significant advancements in treating oncological diseases, with therapies like CAR-T cell treatments transforming cancer care. However, cell-based therapies are intended to leverage those healthy cells via transplant to regenerate damaged tissue.

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LifeSciVC

APRIL 24, 2024

Additionally, for illustrative reasons this is geared towards a single target / product focus vs. broader platform diligence, though many of these mental models will apply for selecting targets and indications for a platform. with gene editing or gene therapy, enzyme replacement therapy), agonism (e.g., in liver, in CNS)?

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The Premier Consulting Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

The FDA’s January 2020 guidance, Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC) [1] Information for Human Gene Therapy Investigational New Drug Applications (INDs), outlines the analytical methods that define the quality, safety and efficacy of gene therapy therapeutics.

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Drug Target Review

AUGUST 31, 2023

Stem cell therapies have already demonstrated their prowess in treating diverse cancers and ailments linked to the blood and immune system. Chronic inflammation involving microglia has been linked to the disease, as the release of inflammatory molecules triggers an increase in β-amyloid production.

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BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

AUGUST 24, 2023

Bristol Myers Squibb is among those backing the startup, which claims the manufacturing capacity at its New Jersey plant can surpass that of conventional CDMO facilities.

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BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The funds are meant to boost Fujifilm’s capacity to manufacture cell therapies, a market it expects to grow substantially in the coming years.

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Drug Discovery Today

DECEMBER 5, 2020

OVO Biomanufacturing, a spin-out from the University of Warwick and Coventry University, is developing digital solutions to improve the efficiency of viral vaccine and gene therapy manufacture. The technology can be applied to any virus that is grown to produce a vaccine or therapy.

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Drug Discovery Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

London, November 4th, 2020: NanoMab Technology Limited, a privately held biopharmaceutical company focussing on cancer precision therapies, today announced that it had received CTA Acceptance from the Medicines Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to carry out a Phase II clinical Study for its NM-01 product.

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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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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

By Amy Raymond, PhD, PMP, Executive Director, Therapeutic Strategy Lead, Rare Disease Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) include cutting-edge approaches that offer the hope of a healthier, happier, and better tomorrow for a wide range of patient populations. Below, we discuss some of these challenges in cell therapy trials.

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BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Executives at the biotech say they’re trying to get ahead of the payer and production challenges that will face their gene editing treatment exa-cel, which is now under FDA review.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

MARCH 13, 2023

To further expand patient input into product development, the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) Office of Therapeutic Products or “OTP” (formerly the Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies, or “OTAT”) is holding a free public workshop titled, Clinical Trials: The Patient Experience.

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Drug Target Review

JUNE 19, 2024

The mission of Lineage Cell Therapeutics is to deliver on some of the early promises of cell therapy. Cell therapy as a concept is a wonderful idea, but many of the early efforts never generated the kind of clinical data that gets people excited and leads to new medicines. Hearing aids also have all sorts of deficits.

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Broad Institute

JANUARY 14, 2025

His lab had just developed base editing, a gene-editing approach that makes single-letter changes in DNA and can shut down protein production using strategies including installing a stop signal in the genetic code. Theres still a long way to go to make this a therapy, Minikel said. But its really exciting to see how much is possible.

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DrugBank

JUNE 13, 2024

  Gene Therapy: Reprogramming the Body's Cellular Code    Gene therapy is an exciting field that treats diseases at their genetic roots.    A key part of gene therapy is efficiently delivering the therapeutic genetic material directly into target cells.

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ASPET

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The CET RAIDR program minimizes development and procurement costs by supplementing the military medical providers' toolbox with post-Phase II therapies that demonstrate established safety and manufacturing processes, leading to a cost-sparing model for niche medicines (i.e., CBRN MCMs).

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Drug Target Review

MARCH 21, 2024

Bobcat mRNA TM is a proprietary linear mRNA technology designed for the highly efficient and cost-effective production of high-quality mRNA encoding large proteins (over 13 kb). There are a few approved therapies for DMD including four exon-skipping drugs and one AAV-microdystrophin drug, which uses a shortened version of dystrophin.

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Agency IQ

APRIL 12, 2024

BY RACHEL COE, MSC Late last year, the FDA published a draft update to its 2011 guidance on potency assays for cell and gene therapy products, unveiling a major shift in approach to the issue. Now, the deadline for feedback to that draft guidance has passed, and AgencyIQ has an analysis of the comments here.

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Drug Channels

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Timothy discusses the affordability and patient journey challenges of specialty-lite products for patients, manufacturers, and health care providers. He explains how AssistRx's Advanced Access Anywhere (AAA) solution streamlines processes for specialty-lite products and facilitates enrollment via a digital hub.

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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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Alta Sciences

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Intra-Cerebroventricular (ICV) Route in Mice for Administration of Gene Therapy Products lperez Thu, 11/21/2024 - 14:35 Publication Poster_Altasciences_ACT_2024—ICV_Route_in_Mice_for_Administration_of_Gene_Therapy_Products.pdf Tags Preclinical Research Category Poster Weight 1

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The Premier Consulting Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Inhaled combination products (ICP) have emerged as a significant advancement in the treatment of respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other pulmonary conditions. However, these products present unique challenges from a Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) standpoint.

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Drug Channels

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Shabbir explains the barriers that providers face when dealing with branded portals for multiple products. He then maintains that patients can access new therapies more quickly when the manufacturer relies on a brand-agnostic hub connected to a large network of providers and integrated with the systems those providers use daily.

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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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Drug Target Review

MAY 22, 2024

How does Circio’s circVec technology aim to enhance the potency and reduce the cost of current gold-standard gene therapy? There are three major reasons for why Circio has selected AATD as its lead gene therapy program. Firstly, there have been previous AAV gene therapy clinical studies in this indication that have shown promise.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Lewis, Senior Regulatory Device & Biologics Expert — On October 20, 2023, FDA announced the availability of the final guidance authored by CBER titled “Voluntary Consensus Standards Recognition Program for Regenerative Medicine Therapies.” A considerable roadblock in the development of RMT products is a lack of regulatory predictability.

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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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Alta Sciences

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Nonclinical Experts Discuss the Promise of Gene Therapy blussier Mon, 11/04/2024 - 21:08 HTML Driving Progress in Gene Therapy Altasciences is a leader in nonclinical research, including gene therapy. WATCH NOW Want to learn more? Speak with one of our experts.

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Drug Target Review

AUGUST 6, 2024

Liver Fibrosis : Targeted therapies using ADCs could help reduce liver fibrosis and prevent the progression to cirrhosis. Expedited programs like the FDA’s Breakthrough Therapy Designation and Fast Track can shorten development timelines and reduce risk.

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Drug Target Review

JUNE 9, 2023

This exclusive interview with Dr Sharon Benzeno, Chief Commercial Officer, Immune Medicine at Adaptive Biotechnologies, unveils some ground-breaking research on T- cell therapy for cancer , which has seen the first TCR-based therapeutic candidate progress to clinical development, offering promising advancements in innovative cancer treatments.

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Fierce BioTech

APRIL 9, 2024

Commercialization Strategies for Cell and Gene Therapies pesurya Tue, 04/09/2024 - 12:46 Tue, 05/07/2024 - 11:00 Resource Type Webinar Mike Sweeney Joel Wayment Fran Gregory Akshay Peer (Ph.D) Click here to login. Listing Image Combined-Logo-Listing-5072024.png

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Agency IQ

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Probiotics, a type of microbiome-based therapy containing live micro-organisms, are broadly available on drug store and grocery store shelves, but the regulatory classifications for products containing the same micro-organism can differ dramatically.

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