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As we get closer to seeing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration green light the first gene therapy for hemophilia, analysts estimate that the cost of the probable one-time treatment could have a whopping price-tag of $1.5 million.
Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics slipped Thursday after the company announced a European Medicines Agency committee rejected Exondys 51 (eteplirsen), the company’s treatment for Duchenne Muscular dystrophy.
Bluebird has been chosen to receive the Cooley Anemia Foundation’s Humanitarian of the Year Award at its annual gala in June.
Shares of Achaogen are down more than 30 percent in premarket trading following the results of split support from a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel for its lead antibiotic treatment, plazomicin, which is being developed for the treatment of adults with complicated urinary tract infections and bloodstream infections.
Regeneron and its longtime development partner Sanofi are keeping their proverbial fingers crossed that their profitable collaboration will yield yet another approved treatment this year.
At the World Medical Innovation Forum, panelists observed that AI can be used to scour old clinical trial data for new applications and possibly take over part of clinical trials in “virtual” models.
ADC Therapeutics has pulled the plug on its Phase I drug candidate that targets solid tumors with HER2 expression.
The biopharma industry is starting to leverage mobile apps and other digital technologies to improve access to clinical trials. Novartis launched FocalView, an app for ophthalmic patients involved in eye-related clinical trials.
Prothena Corporation announced it had shuttered its NEOD001 program for AL amyloidosis after the failure of its Phase IIb PRONTO study and Phase III VITAL study. Shares dropped 60 percent in premarket trading at the news.
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