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

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Spark Therapeutics’ Luxturna, indicated for inherited retinal disease (IRD), was the first gene therapy to be approved, in 2017, with a price tag of $850,000 for each eye. Prior to bluebird's approvals, there were only two FDA-approved gene therapies for inherited conditions on the market.

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The “Graziella Molinari Women in Pharma Award” Announced for 2022 Edition at the ISPE Italy Affiliate

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However, if you move to STEM areas, the numbers will certainly return to those of other industrial sectors. In my case, the use of smart tags was a good example of a technologically complex implementation and, at the same time, truly innovative as it had never been done before. Micaela Prati. perspective. .

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Second unanimous FDA adcomm vote boosts bluebird bio

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Beti-cel has already been approved for marketing in Europe as Zynteglo, with a price tag of around $1.8 Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) offers a chance of a cure, but is only possible when a donor with a matching human leukocyte antigen (HLA) signature, within the correct age range, is available.

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ICER says bluebird bio’s $2.1m gene therapy is cost-effective

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million price tag. Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) offers a chance of a cure, but is only possible when a donor with a matching human leukocyte antigen (HLA) signature, within the correct age range, is available.

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CHMP backs J&J’s myeloma bispecific Tecvayli, ahead of US decision

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The new drug is one of two bispecifics for multiple myeloma in the late-stage pipeline of J&J’s Janssen division stemming from its longstanding and fertile collaboration with Danish biotech Genmab, along with talquetamab which binds to CD3 and GPRC5D.

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Upcoming sickle cell gene therapies cost effective at $2 million, says ICER

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Although the findings in the report are only preliminary, they shed light at the considerations behind the high price tags of gene therapies. While stem cell transplants can cure the condition, their use is limited due to some of the risks that come with them.

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

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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. million price tag attached to the therapy when it was first made available in Europe, and is also well above the proposed $2.1

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