SCD
Time To Get Ready For Rare Disease Day 2021!
Member News
1 week ago
Time To Get Ready For Rare Disease Day 2021!
TIF joins forces with 300 million people around the world for the global observance of Rare Disease Day, coming up on February 28th. Rare Disease Day is an annual awareness…
TIF’s Public Statement on Current Developments in Gene Therapy SCD Clinical Trials and Thalassaemia Gene Therapy Zynteglo
Clinical News
2 weeks ago
TIF’s Public Statement on Current Developments in Gene Therapy SCD Clinical Trials and Thalassaemia Gene Therapy Zynteglo
The Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF) has been informed through official communication by both the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and bluebird bio that the latter has placed Phase 1/2 and Phase…
Gene-editing Therapy CTX-001 Granted Priority Medicines Designation for Severe SCD in EU
News
September 25, 2020
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…
FDA Grants RMAT Designation to CTX-001™ for the Treatment of Severe TDT β-Thalassaemia & SCD
Clinical News
May 16, 2020
FDA Grants RMAT Designation to CTX-001™ for the Treatment of Severe TDT β-Thalassaemia & SCD
CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to CTX-001, an investigational, autologous, Gene Editing hematopoietic stem cell therapy, for the treatment of severe Transfusion-Dependent β-Thalassaemia (TDT) and Sickle…