Gene therapy

May 27, 2019

The U.S. FDA recently approved the much talked about Novartis’s drug Zolgensma for treating a life-threatening condition Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).  SMA is a neuromuscular disorder that worsens the muscles over time. It happens due to a mutation in the SMN1 gene that results in the deficiency of an SMN pro...

Apr 19, 2019

Each country has a unique system, politics, and economy. Different policies are designed to suit people of different countries. Same goes with the Healthcare industry. Healthcare is financed either through government voluntary or compulsory insurances or via private corporations and NGOs. Industrialised and more d...

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...