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Q&A: One scientist’s bold vision to make on-demand treatments routine for life-threatening rare genetic diseases

Broad Institute

Together, these technologies have entered at least 19 clinical trials, with clinical results from seven of those trials reported so far — all showing that the base edit or prime edit resulted in patient benefit. Of the 19 base editing and prime editing clinical trials underway now, more are taking place outside the U.S.

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A Visual Guide to Genome Editors

Codon

The treatment, now known as Casgevy, became the first CRISPR-based therapy to gain FDA approval, in 2023. Dozens more clinical trials, based upon similar gene-editing technologies, are now underway. pyogenes protein — whose compactness makes them far easier to package into viral vectors and deliver into the human body.

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Levers for Biological Progress

Codon

Although Amodei does acknowledge some real-world issues limiting scientific progress — such as the slow growth of organisms and tedious clinical trials — he mostly passes over the more general tools that will be required to accelerate research in the near term. This essay focuses on how we might do both, specifically for the cell.

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Educating Patients about Generic Drugs: Strategies for Success

Drug Patent Watch

Explain the FDA Approval Process Many patients are unaware of the rigorous approval process generic drugs must undergo. Educate them about the FDA’s role in ensuring the safety and efficacy of generic medications. These anecdotes can help alleviate fears and build confidence in generic medications.

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Limited Evidence for Nalfmefene

Common Sense for Drug Policy Blog

Limited Evidence for Nalfmefene "In 2021, due to the widespread availability of high-potency synthetic opioids like fentanyl, the US FDA approved two high-dose naloxone products, an 8 mg IN spray (Kloxxado) and a 5 mg IM injectable (Zimhi). In 2023, the FDA approved a 2.7

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Impulse Dynamics Announces FDA Approval for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

The Pharma Data

Biederman, Director of Cardiovascular Imaging and Cardiac MRI at Allegheny General Hospital/Allegheny Health System in Pittsburgh and an author on the groundbreaking 2017 MagnaSafe trial published in NEJM. approval complements previous MR-conditional approvals in geographies outside of the United States.

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What FDA’s Newest Gene Therapy Approval Tells Us About Durability: How Long is Long Enough?

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

Valentine — On November 22, 2022, FDA approved CSL Behring’s BLA for Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), an AAV-based gene therapy for the treatment of adults with Hemophilia B who currently use Factor IX prophylaxis therapy, have current or historical life-threatening hemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes.

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