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Sarepta wins new drug approval for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, its third marketed treatment

25.02.2021

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new medicine from Sarepta Therapeutics that treats certain patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The new drug, called Amondys 45, is Sarepta’s …

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Novartis and the Gates Foundation aim to create a more practical gene therapy for sickle cell patients around the world

17.02.2021

Novartis and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are joining forces to discover and develop a gene therapy to cure sickle cell disease with a one-step, one-time treatment that is …

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Bluebird suspends studies of sickle cell gene therapy following cancer diagnoses in two more treated patients

16.02.2021

Bluebird Bio said Tuesday that it has suspended clinical trials involving its gene therapy for sickle cell disease after receiving reports that two patients treated with the one-time therapy were …

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Merck’s Kenneth Frazier, biopharma’s irreplaceable voice, to step down as CEO

04.02.2021

Kenneth Frazier is stepping down as the CEO of Merck, leaving a giant hole in the fabric of the pharmaceutical industry. The decision, announced Thursday, has been telegraphed for more …

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GSK joins forces with CureVac to manufacture its Covid-19 vaccine — and to develop another

03.02.2021

Vaccine production giant GlaxoSmithKline announced Wednesday that it would partner with German biotech CureVac to help manufacture its messenger RNA vaccine — and jointly develop a separate vaccine to target …

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Small biotech launches human trials of a potential ‘backstop’ for Covid-19 vaccines

19.01.2021

A small biotechnology firm said that it will start human testing of an experimental Covid-19 vaccine it hopes can target potential strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that could evade current …

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Data fuel debate over whether J&J’s one-dose Covid vaccine will measure up

14.01.2021

Johnson & Johnson published updated early data on its Covid-19 vaccine Wednesday, showing that it provided participants in a clinical trial with at least some immunity after one dose. The …

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Virtual Event: [email protected]: Facing 2021

13.01.2021

Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. After a difficult year that permanently changed the pharmaceutical industry, what’s next? At this virtual …

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What if a pill could lower cholesterol like pricey injectables? Esperion intends to find out

13.01.2021

The most powerful cholesterol drugs ever invented have become a pharmaceutical cautionary tale, failing to reach their commercial potential because of high sticker prices and an inconvenient need for needles. …

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