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UniQure is ready to put its Huntington’s disease gene therapy through an advisory committee meeting—even as the broader rare disease space has been put on edge by recent FDA scrutiny of assets by Replimune and Capricor.
The FDA’s recently altered outlook on the evidence required for approval of rare disease drugs could have immediate benefits for companies including Skyhawk Therapeutics, Capricor Therapeutics and Biohaven.
The resubmission for RGX-121, expected in the third quarter, comes as the FDA has deemed REGENXBIO’s existing data “sufficient” to support an accelerated filing. It immediately follows a similar reversal of position regarding uniQure’s embattled Huntington’s disease gene therapy.
As uniQure prepares its closely watched Huntington’s disease gene therapy for FDA review, the biotech is also making waves in chronic epilepsy with another gene therapy that Stifel says is off to a “promising start.”
UniQure’s planned third-quarter submission for its Huntington’s disease gene therapy may be a harbinger of a more flexible FDA under acting commissioner Kyle Diamantas—but how long will it last? And how can companies be sure these positive decisions won’t just be reversed?
After a regulatory odyssey that delayed a filing for what would be the first genetic medicine for Huntington’s disease, the FDA has agreed that three-year data from uniQure’s Phase 1/2 trial are sufficient to support an accelerated biologics license application.
The recent approval of Regeneron’s Otarmeni underscores the maturation of gene therapies across a range of diseases. Here, BioSpace reviews genetic medicines in development for the central nervous system, retinal, cardiac and neuromuscular diseases.
After devastating regulatory setbacks last year, shares of uniQure and Replimune rose on the news that FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is leaving. But analysts don’t expect much relief, no matter who helms the agency.
Biotech R&D job postings live on BioSpace rose for the fourth straight month in April, and a CBRE report shared similar findings for employment. The head of CBRE’s U.S. life sciences practice discusses what’s behind the growth and the current job market.
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