Gene therapy

Apr 10, 2019

Gene therapy is a technique that involves replacing, inactivating, or adding a new gene to treat or prevent a disease. The science of GENE THERAPY involves the DNA-based changes in genetic material so that the gene can transcribe a healthy protein. In the past, there has been no success in designing any gene therap...

Mar 21, 2019

Biohaven buys PRV from GW Pharmaceuticals for USD 105 million GW Pharmaceuticals has announced its decision to sell its rare pediatric disease priority review voucher (PRV) to Biohaven Pharmaceuticals. The voucher was issued under U.S. Food and Drug Administration programme to accelerate speedy recovery of rare ...

Feb 28, 2019

Cell Medica receives funds for its cell therapy A USD 8.7 million grant to Cell Medica has been given by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to speed up the clinical development of CMD-502 off-the-shelf chimeric antigen receptor-natural killer T cell (CAR-NKT) cell therapy. The program, su...

Dec 27, 2018

Vedanta raises USD 27 Million to move microbiome assets through the clinic Vedanta Biosciences raises USD 27 million in its series C round. The cash will bolster its microbiome-derived drugs pipeline. The capital will aid a phase 1/2 trial of VE416 in food allergy, a phase 2 study of VE303 in recurrent...

Oct 12, 2018

Gene Therapy is now touted as a new revolution for cancer treatment. If the list of new cancer treatment methodologies is traversed, then the end seems to be farther and farther away. As a sequel to the relentless efforts by researchers across the world to formulate therapies better than the existing ones, new prosp...

Aug 31, 2018

AbbVie Receives USFDA Approval for Imbruvica Plus Rituximab as First Chemotherapy-Free Combination Treatment for Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia Adults AbbVie announced that the USFDA approved Imbruvica (ibrutinib) plus rituximab (Rituxan) for the treatment of adult patients with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (W...

Aug 29, 2018

National health authorities, U.K.'s NICE determines Gilead's cancer cell therapy exorbitant The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) found Gilead's cancer cell therapy, Yescarta to be clinically efficacious for treating a type of lymphoma, but no ample evidence is present to estimate the benefit...

Aug 16, 2018

Blueberry Therapeutics reels in USD 12.7 Million in series B funding for fungal infections. U.K.based, Blueberry Therapeutics successfully bagged a funding of USD 12.7 million in series B funding. The funding will help the company to advance its nanomedicine candidate, BB2603 for two fungal infections namely- Ath...

Aug 10, 2018

Sarepta builds in gene therapy with $30M Lacerta deal Sarepta has dampen its enthusiasm for an ongoing gene therapy candidate. Sarepta has made a tie-up with lacerta that will add 3 more programs to 8 already existing and are ready to expand its focus beyond muscular dystrophy. Sarepta has committed to pay Lacerta ...

Aug 09, 2018

 Can CRISPR really fix genetic mutation in human embryos?  Team of scientists who created controversial blockbuster last year claim that they have fixed a disease-causing mutation in human embryos using gene editing technique CRISPR. Team has released fresh evidence supporting their work. Critics argued that the ev...