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Magenta Therapeutics Pauses the P-I/II Study in AML Patients Date: Jan 27, 2023 | Tags: Magenta Therapeutics, MGTA-117, AML, Clinical Trial, P-I/II Ipsen Receives CHMP Negative Opinion for Palovarotene to Treat Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva Date: Jan 27, 2023 | Tags: Ipsen, Palovarotene, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, Regulatory, CHMP, (..)

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bluebird bio wins back-to-back landmark FDA approvals for first-in-class gene therapies

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Skysona is indicated as a one-time gene therapy to slow the progression of cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD), a rare paediatric neurodegenerative disease in boys aged 4–17 years diagnosed with early-stage CALD. These approvals represent crucial milestones for bluebird bio, the gene therapy field, and patients with rare genetic diseases.

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Second unanimous FDA adcomm vote boosts bluebird bio

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Thursday saw the Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies advisory committee back elivaldogene autotemcel (eli-cel) for cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD) – see our report here – and the following day it was the turn of betibeglogene autotemcel (beti-cel) for beta thalassaemia.

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bluebird bio to split into oncology and gene therapy specialists

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The gene therapy firm will be focused on its most important therapies in beta-thalassemia, cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy and sickle cell disease in the US And Europe. million price tag. Zynteglo is already in beta-thalassemia in Europe, where the company will seek to expand access despite its hefty $1.8

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bluebird unveils $2.8m price for gene therapy Zynteglo on FDA approval

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million price tag attached to the therapy when it was first made available in Europe, and is also well above the proposed $2.1 Zynteglo is a customised, one-time treatment created using a patient’s own bone marrow stem cells hat are genetically modified to produce functional beta-globin, which is mutated in the disease.

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Rare Disease Spotlight – tracing the rise of orphan drug designations over almost 40 years

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put a high-profile bluebird bio trial for sickle cell disease on partial clinical hold, and advisory panels deliberated over decisions involving gene therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD), and beta-thalassemia.