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SICKLE CELL DISEASE | FDA Approves Two Landmark Gene Therapies for the Treatment of the Disorder
The two therapies are Casgevy (exa-cel) by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics – the world’s first drug to utilize the revolutionary CRISPR gene-editing system which earned its creators the 2020…
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PHARMA NEWS | FDA Approves Iptacopan for Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
Fabhalta is a Factor B inhibitor that acts proximally in the alternative complement pathway of the immune system, providing comprehensive control of red blood cell (RBC) destruction within and outside…
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CASGEVY | 1st Gene-Editing Therapy for Thalassaemia and SCD Approved in UK
Casgevy is the first medicine to be licensed that uses the innovative gene-editing tool CRISPR, for which its inventors were awarded the Nobel Prize in 2020. The therapy, developed by…
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TOP STORY | EU Approves Luspatercept for Anemia in Patients with Non–Transfusion-Dependent β-Thalassaemia
The approval was based on findings from the phase 2 BEYOND trial, which demonstrated that 77.1% of patients treated with luspatercept (n = 74/96) experienced a mean haemoglobin (Hb) increase…
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NEW APPROVAL | PYRUKYND® Gets EU Green Light For Pyruvate Kinase (PK) Deficiency
The European Commission has granted, on November 10, 2022, marketing authorization to Agios Pharmaceuticals for PYRUKYND® intended for the treatment of PK deficiency in adult patients. People with PK…
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TIF Participates in EMA’s Annual Training Day 2020
TIF has participated in the Annual Training Day of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), held on 23 October 2020. TIF participants, Ms Lily Cannon (TIF Operations Manager) and Ms Eleni…
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