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ICER publishes final evidence report on gene therapies for haemophilia A and B
22 December 2022 - Fair pricing benchmarks suggest upper bounds for price of Roctavian at approximately $1.9 million and for Hemgenix ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2022
FDA approves first gene therapy for the treatment of high risk, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
16 December 2022 - Today, the US FDA approved Adstiladrin (nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg), a non-replicating adenoviral vector based gene therapy indicated for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Dec 2022
CSL receives positive CHMP opinion for etranacogene dezaparvovec – gene therapy for adults with haemophilia B
16 December 2022 - Regulatory milestone moves CSL one step closer to bringing the promise of gene therapy for haemophilia ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2022
National DNA screening could save lives for people with high risk hereditary disease gene variants
7 December 2022 - The DNA Screen study offers free DNA screening for high risk hereditary disease gene variants to 10,000 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2022
PHARMAC funds more medicines for New Zealanders
8 December 2022 - PHARMAC has today announced decisions to fund two new medicines and widen access to one other. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Dec 2022
Ionis announces European Medicines Agency accepts marketing authorisation application of tofersen to treat rare, genetic form of ALS
5 December 2022 - EMA acceptance follows FDA's acceptance of tofersen new drug application earlier this year. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Dec 2022
Orchard Therapeutics announces Swissmedic validation of the marketing authorisation application for Libmeldy (atidarsagene autotemcel)
1 December 2022 - Orchard Therapeutics today announced its marketing authorisation application for Libmeldy (atidarsagene autotemcel) has been accepted for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2022
How CSL priced the world’s most expensive drug
1 December 2022 - When blood products giant CSL announced last week it had been given US regulatory approval for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Nov 2022
Sarepta Therapeutics announces that US FDA has accepted for filing and granted priority review for the biologics license application for SRP-9001, Sarepta’s gene therapy for the treatment of ambulant individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
28 November 2022 - Regulatory action date of 29 May 2023. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Nov 2022
ICER to assess gene therapies for sickle cell disease
23 November 2022 - Report will be subject of CTAF meeting in June 2023; draft scoping document open to public ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Nov 2022
BioMarin announces advancements in FDA review of Roctavian (valoctocogene roxaparvovec) for adults with severe haemophilia A
23 November 2022 - FDA no longer plans to hold an advisory committee meeting, as previously planned, to discuss the biologics ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Nov 2022
CSL lands world first gene therapy with $5.3 million haemophilia treatment
23 November 2022 - Australian biotech giant CSL will bring the first gene therapy for haemophilia B to market in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Nov 2022
FDA approves first gene therapy to treat adults with haemophilia B
22 November 2022 - Today, the US FDA approved Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), an adeno-associated virus vector-based gene therapy for the treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Nov 2022
BioMarin announces incremental progress on biologics license application review for valoctocogene roxaparvovec AAV gene therapy for adults with severe haemophilia A program
7 November 2022 - FDA requests submission of upcoming 3 year data analysis from Phase 3 GENEr8-1 trial. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Nov 2022
Sensorion announces US FDA grants rare paediatric disease designation to OTOF-GT for the treatment of otoferlin gene-mediated hearing loss
7 November 2022 - OTOF-GT targets the restoration of hearing in people living with otoferlin deficiency. ...