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  Bluebird bio Inc. set a price for its gene therapy, Zynteglo, at 1.58 million euros ($1.78 million) over five years, after winning conditional approval in Europe earlier this month to to treat patients 12 years and older with transfusion-dependent β-thalassaemia (TDT), who have no matching donor for a stem ...

  Zynteglo, Bluebird Bio’s ex vivo gene therapy for β-thalassaemia, got a green light from the EMA for conditional marketing authorization making it the 1st gene therapy for patients with thalassaemia to win such an approval.  The one-time gene therapy has been approved for patients 12 years and older with ...

This year, World Blood Donor Day will once again be celebrated around the world on 14 June! The event serves to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood and also to raise awareness of the need for regular blood donations to ensure that all individuals and ...

  This fall TIF is coming to Germany✈️✈️ and is more than excited to announce its forthcoming Capacity Building Workshop for Patients’ Associations and people with thalassaemia and other haemoglobinopathies, which will take place on 11-13 October, 2019 in Hamburg, Germany!!! Sponsorship opportunities are available to #patients with thalassaemia from countries ...

  TIF with support from Celgene Corporation, has developed a disease specific e-registry with health record for patients with thalassaemia. This e-registry is now completed, as a first version, and is ready to be piloted in selected centres in Cyprus, Greece and Bulgaria. After piloting and user comments, the e-registry ...

  A significant number of gene therapy approaches are currently undergoing clinical trials, some of which are already producing encouraging results. The Bluebird Bio’s gene therapy product, under the name ZYNTEGLO™, has received positive comments from the scientific committees of the European drug regulatory authority (EMA). This means that the practical ...

In its most severe form and without adequate care, thalassaemia can be lethal in early childhood, and although  International Thalassaemia Day has come and gone, awareness is paramount.   Andrew Obenshain, Head of Europe at gene therapy company bluebird bio, looks into what it means to live with thalassaemia, with ...

What did 1,500 patient groups from different countries and therapy areas think of pharmaceutical companies in 2018? To what extent did these companies meet patients’ expectations?   A recent survey conducted by Patient View unveils the patients‘ perspective on the reputation and performance of 46 companies in the healthcare industry, ...

Gene therapy continues to evolve with new emerging treatments finally reaching its promised potential: providing a one-time lifelong cure for even the rarest and most severe of genetic disorders. TIF’s Expert Advisor, Dr. Carsten Werner Lederer, explores this critical issue in his article, by highlighting the recent conditional approval for ...