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Free access to Zolgensma curbed, says Novartis

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Novartis’ programme providing free access to its spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) gene therapy Zolgensma is being scaled back to a dozen countries worldwide, according to the company. ” Zolgensma is one of the most expensive therapies available, with a price tag of around $2.1

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IBM sells off large parts of Watson Health business

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Francisco Partners is picking up a range of databases and analytics tools – including Health Insights, MarketScan, Clinical Development, Social Programme Management, Micromedex and other imaging and radiology tools – for an undisclosed sum estimated to be in the region of $1 billion.

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Developing point-of-care CAR T manufacturing

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This round-trip shipping was especially challenging during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, which coincided with initial attempts to establish CAR T-cell therapies in daily practice. Due to shipping and manufacturing requirements, the time from a patient being included in the CAR T programme to receiving therapy can be several weeks.