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Cell and Gene Therapy, Clinical Trials, Industry, Research and Development

Novartis shares positive results for spinal muscular atrophy gene therapy Zolgensma

March 6, 2024

Via: PMLiVE

Affecting an estimated one in 10,000 infants globally, SMA is a rare, genetic neuromuscular disease and a leading genetic cause of infant death. Caused by the lack of a functional SMN1 gene, the most severe forms of SMA result in […]


FDA, Industry, Regulations, Vaccines

Vaccines Protect You & Your Kids From Measles: FDA

March 4, 2024

Via: Drugs.com

As new outbreaks of measles — a once nearly eliminated illness in the United States — continue to emerge, experts remind Americans that there’s an easy way to stop infection: Get vaccinated. “Measles spreads so easily that if one person […]


Cell and Gene Therapy, Industry

BioCina and NovaCina to Partner on Drug Substance and Product Solutions for Biologics

March 1, 2024

Via: Biopharm International

BioCina, a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) and NovaCina, a global fill-and-finish CDMO, have announced a partnership to offer integrated drug substance and drug product solutions for biologics developers. This will allow BioCina to provide fill/finish services while […]


Cell and Gene Therapy, Industry

Cure Ventures backs a cell therapy startup targeting Parkinson’s

February 29, 2024

Via: Biopharma Dive

Kenai Therapeutics, a San Diego-based biotechnology company, has raised $82 million to support its work developing cell therapies for nervous system disorders. Cure Ventures, a new venture capital firm founded by three longtime biotech investors, co-led the Series A round […]


Cell and Gene Therapy, Industry

Bayer receives U.S. FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for BAY 2927088 for non-small cell lung cancer harboring HER2 activating mutations

February 27, 2024

Via: World Pharma News

Bayer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation for BAY 2927088 for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have activating HER2 (ERBB2) mutations, […]


Cell and Gene Therapy, Industry

BioMarin preaches patience amid slow sales for hemophilia gene therapy

February 23, 2024

Via: Biopharma Dive

Roctavian’s approval was a scientific milestone, the culmination of years of research developing a genetic medicine for the chronic blood disease hemophilia A. Its launch, which began in Europe in 2022 and the U.S. last year, has been a focus […]


Cell and Gene Therapy, Industry

Johnson & Johnson’s Tecvayli receives FDA approval for reduced dosing in multiple myeloma patients

February 23, 2024

Via: PMLiVE

The regulator’s decision means that RRMM patients who have achieved a complete response or better for at least six months can receive a 1.5mg/kg dose of the BCMA-targeting bispecific antibody every two weeks. More than 35,000 new cases of multiple […]


Cell and Gene Therapy, Industry

NEJM paper fills in details on ‘remarkable’ CAR-T result in autoimmune disease

February 21, 2024

Via: Biopharma Dive

A new research paper offers the most thorough look yet at a study that sparked the drug industry’s recent experimentation with cell therapy for autoimmune diseases. The paper, which was published in The New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, […]


Cell and Gene Therapy, Industry

AstraZeneca gets new Tagrisso OK as drug succeeds in another trial

February 20, 2024

Via: Biopharma Dive

Tagrisso is at the center of AstraZeneca’s oncology resurgence. The drug, which first won approval in the U.S. in 2015, is the company’s second highest selling product, after the diabetes and kidney disease treatment Farxiga. It has become a go-to […]


Cell and Gene Therapy, Industry

FDA Approves Amtagvi, First Cell Therapy for Skin Cancer

February 20, 2024

Via: Biopharm International

On Feb. 16, 2024, FDA announced the approval of Iovance Biotherapeutics’ Amtagvi (lifileucel), which the agency said in a press release is the first cellular therapy indicated for treating adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma that has been previously […]


Cell and Gene Therapy, Industry

Tagrisso-chemo cleared in US as 1st-line lung cancer therapy

February 19, 2024

Via: Pharmaphorum

The US regulator has approved the drug after a priority review on the strength of data from the FLAURA 2 study showing that the combination of EGFR inhibitor Tagrisso (osimertinib) and chemo cut the risk of disease progression or death […]


Cell and Gene Therapy, Industry

Gene-editing firm Prime Medicine files $140m public offer

February 15, 2024

Via: Pharmaphorum

The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company is offering 19.2 million shares at $6.25 each and has scaled up its earlier expectations for the proceeds from $125 million. Prime Medicine is working on a pipeline of 18 programmes aimed at correcting pathogenic mutations […]


Biotech, Industry

Hunting a non-opioid painkiller, a biotech reveals plans to chase Vertex

February 14, 2024

Via: Biopharma Dive

A little over four years ago, biotechnology giant Amgen retreated from neuroscience research, halting much of its work developing treatments for diseases of the brain and trimming associated staff. Amgen’s pivot proved a boon for a small startup that was […]


Cell and Gene Therapy, Industry

BioNTech and Autolus enter CAR-T cell therapy collaboration worth over $250m

February 13, 2024

Via: PMLiVE

Both companies have entered into a license and option agreement, as well as a securities purchase agreement, in connection with the collaboration. Under the terms of the agreement, BioNTech will purchase $200m of Autolus’ US depositary shares in a private […]


Biotech, Industry

Alys launches with $100M and a pipeline of skin disease drugs

February 12, 2024

Via: Biopharma Dive

Six biotechnology startups are merging into a new skin drug developer called Alys Pharmaceuticals, which launched on Monday with $100 million from European life sciences investment firm Medicxi. Alys was formed out of the merger of a group of biotechs […]


Cell and Gene Therapy, Industry

Scientists develop micofluidic chip to make cell therapy safer

February 12, 2024

Via: Pharma Times

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology have developed a plastic microfluidic chip to improve the safety and effectiveness of cell therapy treatments for patients living with spinal cord injuries. In […]


Cell and Gene Therapy, Industry

FDA fast-tracks GSK’s chronic hep B therapy bepirovirsen

February 12, 2024

Via: Pharmaphorum

The fast-track designation from the US regulator recognises that bepirovirsen is the only single agent in phase 3 that has shown the potential to achieve a “functional cure” when combined with standard CHB therapies based on oral nucleoside or nucleotide […]


Industry, Vaccines

Americans Have One Trusted Source for Info on COVID Vaccines

February 8, 2024

Via: Drugs.com

A doctor or nurse might be the only person capable of convincing a vaccine-hesitant person to get the COVID jab, a new study shows. Those who trust the medical profession are most likely to get vaccinated against COVID, despite their […]


Cell and Gene Therapy, Industry

Gene editing biotech Metagenomi pulls off nearly $94M IPO

February 8, 2024

Via: Biopharma Dive

CRISPR gene editing captured headlines in recent months with the landmark approval of Casgevy, the first medicine made from the Nobel Prize-winning technology. But that milestone was only part of a larger story, of which an emerging generation of drugmakers […]


Cell and Gene Therapy, Industry

AstraZeneca to invest $300M in US cell therapy plant

February 7, 2024

Via: Biopharma Dive

AstraZeneca is ramping up in cell therapy after a late entrance to the field. In 2022, it made its first significant acquisition in the area, buying up privately held Neogene Therapeutics. And the follow year, it formed a partnership with […]