Drug Target Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Could you explain the fundamental distinction between autologous and allogeneic cell therapies and how they differ in terms of cell sourcing and application? Autologous immune cell therapy involves the grafting of a patient’s own immune cells. Then, cells are infused back to that same patient.” There are pros and cons to each.

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The Premier Consulting Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

Development of cell and gene therapies is growing rapidly, given the major advances in genomic technologies and increasing scientific understanding of genetic regulation and immunology. This blog will outline three characteristics of a successful nonclinical program to support entry into clinical trials for a cell or gene therapy product.

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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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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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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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The Premier Consulting Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

Designing an adequate nonclinical program to support the safety of cell or gene therapy products is not always straightforward. The cell or gene therapy should be pharmacologically active in the animal model. Biodistribution of the product (transgene/gene or cells) should be evaluated. How long does the study need to be?

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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

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Bringing a New Heart Failure Therapy to the Clinic swheeler Fri, 10/06/2023 - 14:56 Tue, 11/28/2023 - 11:00 Resource Type Webinar Phil Morton, MD Dr. Takehiko Kaneko, MD Duration 60 minutes Commercializing biopharmaceuticals and advanced therapies requires robust, standardized manufacturing processes.

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Advarra

JUNE 13, 2024

Recombinant DNA technologies and genetically modified biological agents are being adapted for a wide scope of therapeutic applications, and their use is becoming increasingly common in clinical trials. How can I protect myself from exposure? What should I do if I’m exposed?

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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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Vial

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the decades since its identification in 1989, advances in clinical research for new Hepatitis C therapies and the introduction of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) have led to viral eradication in more than 98% of patients, resulting in HCV crossing from manageable to being the first curable , chronic viral infection. Zhao et al.

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Advarra

JUNE 20, 2023

years , with biotechnology-derived products potentially adding another year or more. Innovation Organizations conducting oncology clinical trials face challenges distinct from the rest of the research community. cell and gene therapies), with other therapeutic areas then pushing it further.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Approximately 74 patients are planned for this trial in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) and Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (CuSCC). The trial will enroll three cohorts of patients within distinct populations – all with locally advanced, recurrent and/or metastatic HNSCC or locally advanced or metastatic CuSCC.

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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

OCTOBER 10, 2024

What are the risks of over-reliance on healthy donor material in early-stage research, and how can decision-makers ensure a balanced integration of diseased material to avoid potential gaps when transitioning to clinical trials? This can lead to low cell yields, poor product quality, and process variability.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 26, 2023

State-of-the-art cryogenic freezers alongside material transfer equipment have been installed that are designed to retain the integrity of investigational advanced therapy products by minimizing their time-out-of-environment. Catalent helps accelerate over 1,000 partner programs and launch over 150 new products every year.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

DECEMBER 13, 2023

GeMDAC’s mandate is to advise the Agency on these complicated issues in this challenging area of medical product development. However, the challenges faced by these stakeholders are not isolated to products overseen by DRDMG alone.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Adler, MPA, Director, Global Product Engagement, and Valeria Mazzanti, MPH, Associate Director, Customer Success In our previous post , we provided an overview of some of the challenges in studying rare disease therapies, as well as some of the statistical methods and design types that can be deployed to mitigate these challenges.

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Agency IQ

APRIL 12, 2024

Draft guidance on potency assays for CGT products garners extensive stakeholder input 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. How does “potency” apply to cell and gene therapy (CGT) products?

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DrugBank

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Due to the less extensive clinical trial requirements and the competitive nature of the biosimilar market, these biologics can be produced and marketed at significantly lower prices than their reference counterparts. The primary advantage is cost-effectiveness.

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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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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Explore how emerging trends in clinical trial investigations are bringing patients closer to medicine making them more patient-centric. In addition, you agree to having your details passed onto the sponsor who may promote similar products and services related to your area of interest subject to their privacy policy.

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 17, 2024

It is not known whether CD24 on cancer cells has a unique epitope that can be specifically targeted for cancer therapy. The broad regulatory function of this pathway suggests that we do not need to limit our clinical strategy until more information is gathered in the FIH trials. Biomarkers are the holy grail of clinical trials.

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The Pharma Data

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today announced that China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved Benlysta (belimumab) for the treatment of adult patients with active lupus nephritis (LN) who are receiving standard of care. About the BLISS-LN trial. 8) despite standard therapy. About lupus.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 4, 2021

The FDA has released a draft guidance on investigational new drug (IND) submissions by developers of individualized gene therapies that use antisense oligonucleotides (ASO), as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to encourage orphan drugs. It also addresses the initial development of individualized ASO drug products. Suz Redfearn.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 30, 2023

Pfizer Announces Positive Marstacimab Results from Pivotal Phase 3 Hemophilia A and B Trial (NYSE: PFE) today announced that the pivotal Phase 3 BASIS clinical trial ( NCT03938792 ) evaluating marstacimab has met its primary endpoints, having demonstrated statically significant and clinically meaningful effects.

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Casgevy, the commercial product formerly known as exa-cel, is administered by taking stem cells out of a patient’s bone marrow and editing a gene in the cells in a laboratory, with the modified cells then infused back into the patient after conditioning treatment to prepare the bone marrow. What Does the Future of Gene Editing Hold?

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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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The Premier Consulting Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

With the promise of simplified and improved treatments, the $118 billion combination-product market is projected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.8%. prefilled syringe) A drug used with a specified device in clinical trials — but that may be used with other devices once marketed (e.g.,

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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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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

JUNE 21, 2024

Worldwide Clinical Trials attends each year to hear from the research community, connect with our sponsors and sites, and explore potential partnerships to drive forward novel treatments. Previously, T-cell therapies had been primarily used on liquid tumors, as the T-cells were unable to penetrate the solid tumor environment.

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Agency IQ

APRIL 19, 2024

Meet C3TI, FDA’s new clinical trial innovation hub On April 14, FDA announced that its Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) is launching a new clinical trial innovation hub, the CDER Center for Clinical Trial Innovation (C3TI). set specific standards and expectations for discrete components of clinical trials (e.g.,

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The approval was based on data from the Phase 3 APeX-2 trial, which showed that ORLADEYO could significantly reduce attacks at the 24-week mark. Subjects who completed 48 weeks of treatment in the Phase 3 trial saw reductions in their HAE attack rates, from an average of 2.9 The reduction was sustained through 48 weeks in the study.

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New Drug Approvals

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

2222514-07-8 ] Palopegteriparatide , sold under the brand name Yorvipath , is a hormone replacement therapy used for the treatment of hypoparathyroidism. [1] 5] History The effectiveness of palopegteriparatide was evaluated in a 26-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that enrolled 82 adults with hypoparathyroidism. [5]

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Advarra

APRIL 27, 2023

It also challenges the community to learn how to improve diversity in clinical trials for historically under-represented groups, such as women, children, cognitively impaired individuals, elderly people, and racial and ethnic minorities. This gives the research community (e.g.,

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Specifically, that entails improving manufacturing to control variables and thus ensure product consistency, and maturing the regulatory environment to improve predictability. On the clinical side, cell and gene therapies must find places where small molecules, antibodies or other traditional approaches may not be the best option.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Dry AMD is one of the leading causes of vision loss globally and gene therapies hold tremendous promise for this disease. Delivering gene therapy directly to the site of disease through a subretinal injection is a proven approach; however, the current method requires a vitrectomy. at Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston. About FOCUS.

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