Clinical News
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EMA Accepts MAA For Oxbryta To Treat Haemolytic Anaemia In Sickle Cell Disease
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) marketing authorisation application (MAA) for Oxbryta® (voxelotor) for the treatment of haemolytic anaemia in sickle cell disease (SCD). According to the company,…
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Clinical Trial Cleared for GPH101: The First Potentially Curative Sickle Cell Disease Therapy
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared an investigational new drug (IND) application for the experimental gene editing therapy GPH101 by Graphite Bio to initiate a Phase 1/2…
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Roche and Atea Pharmaceuticals Link Up To Co-Develop Remdesivir Rival Drug For COVID-19
The two companies will jointly develop, manufacture and distribute AT-527, Atea’s investigational oral antiviral for the potential treatment of COVID-19. According to Roche, AT-527 blocks the viral RNA polymerase enzyme…
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What’s New In Clinical Trials for Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell Disease?
There is a lot of hustle and bustle in the scientific fields of thalassemia and sickle cell disease during the past few months, with many companies making remarkable progress in…
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EU Approves Adakveo to Treat Vaso Occlusive Crises in Sickle Cell Disease Patients
The European Commission has approved Novartis’ Adakveo (crizanlizumab) as a preventive treatment for recurrent Vaso-Occlusive Crises (VOCs) in patients, 16 and older, with sickle cell disease (SCD). This approval follows a recommendation for conditional approval issued in July…
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EdiGene Application of CRISPR/Cas 9 Gene-editing Therapy ET-01 For β-Thalassaemia Has Been Accepted For Review
Τhe Chinese biotechnology company EdiGene announced yesterday that the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted for review the Company’s Investigational New Drug…
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Johnson & Johnson Pauses Clinical Trials For Its Covid-19 Vaccine Over Participant’s Illness
Johnson & Johnson has paused its Covid-19 vaccine trial due to an “unexplained illness” in a participant, the company confirmed yesterday evening. The pharmaceutical giant was unclear if the patient…
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Fulcrum Therapeutics to Initiate Phase 1 Trial with FTX-6058 for Sickle Cell Disease
Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc. a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on improving the lives of patients with genetically defined rare diseases, announced that FTX-6058, its investigational treatment for sickle cell disease (SCD) and…
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Gene Therapy LentiGlobin Granted Priority Medicines Designation for Sickle Cell Disease in the EU
Bluebird Bio’s investigational gene therapy LentiGlobin has been granted priority medicines (PRIME) designation by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD). Given to candidate therapies with promising clinical data for diseases of high…
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Health Canada Approves REBLOZYL® For Adult Patients with β-Thalassaemia
Bristol Myers Squibb Canada (BMS) and Acceleron Pharma Inc. announced today that Health Canada has approved REBLOZYL® (luspatercept) for the treatment of adult patients with red blood cell (RBC) transfusion-dependent anemia…
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