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ADVANCED THERAPIES | Vertex, CRISPR To Submit Exa-Cel to FDA For β-Thalassaemia And Sickle Cell Disease
Vertex will submit its biologics licensing application (BLA) for exa-cel for rolling review, beginning in November 2022 and expects to complete the submission package by the end of Q1 2023.…
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FDA Grants Priority Review to Luspatercept-aamt for Anemia in Adults With NTD β-Thalassaemia
The FDA has set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date of March 27, 2022. In addition, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has validated the Type II variation…
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Live Webinar on Thalassemia: Advances in 2021 with Dr M.D. Cappellini
The past decade has witnessed path-breaking advances with regard to novel therapeutic approaches of thalassaemia and, most significantly, phenomenal developments made in the direction of gene therapy of β- thalassaemia…
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Press Releases
TIF’s Statement on Accessibility of Gene Therapy for Thalassaemia
The Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF) expresses its disappointment about the outcome of the reimbursement negotiation process concerning gene therapy (Zynteglo™) for transfusion-dependent thalassaemia patients, announced last week. The Federation’s distress…
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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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EdiGene Announces Approval in China of its IND Application for CRISPR/Cas 9 Gene Editing Therapy ET-01 in β-thalassaemia
The Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of China‘s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has recently approved EdiGene’s application for ET-01, an investigational CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing therapy for patients with transfusion dependent β-thalassaemia. This marks the first…
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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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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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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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Gene-editing Therapy CTX-001 Granted Priority Medicines Designation for Severe SCD in EU
CTX001, an investigational gene-editing cell therapy, has been granted priority medicines (PRIME) designation by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of severe sickle cell disease (SCD). The announcement was made by CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, which are jointly…
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