Remove FDA Approval Remove Trials Remove Vaccine
article thumbnail

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.

Treatment 133
article thumbnail

2025 Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology awarded to pioneers of CAR T-cell therapy

Broad Institute

In the early 2000s, both teams began preparing for clinical trials. In 2012, the University of Pennsylvania team and Novartis launched a collaboration to further develop the technology, which led to the FDA approval for the first commercial CAR T-cell therapy in 2017. That boosting signal is a staple of all CARs used today.

Therapies 119
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Long Road to End Tuberculosis

Codon

Even after microbiologists discovered the bacterium that causes the illness in 1882, it wasn’t until the 1920s that researchers were able to develop a vaccine for TB. These breakthroughs have significantly curbed cases, with vaccination reducing the odds of death by 74 percent. tuberculosis , to develop the vaccine.

Vaccine 115
article thumbnail

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.

DNA 133
article thumbnail

Moderna COVID vaccine gets full approval for children

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Deep Dive Library Events Press Releases Topics Sign up Search Sign up Search Pharma Biotech FDA Clinical Trials Deals Drug Pricing Gene Therapy An article from Dive Brief Moderna COVID vaccine gets full approval for children The approval comes amid regulatory upheaval under HHS head Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,

Vaccine 231
article thumbnail

Keeping tabs on Covid-19: FDA approves Veklury as first treatment for Covid-19 and Takeda and Moderna bring 50 million vaccines to Japan

The Pharma Data

Dive into this week’s update for more details on the actions taken by the FDA in the ongoing response to the Covid-19 pandemic. FDA approves first treatment for Covid-19. On October 22, the FDA approved the antiviral drug Veklury for use in adult and pediatric patients for the treatment of Covid-19 requiring hospitalization.

article thumbnail

Promising Interim Results from Clinical Trial of NIH-Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine

The Pharma Data

November 16, 2020 — An independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) overseeing the Phase 3 trial of the investigational COVID-19 vaccine known as mRNA-1273 reviewed trial data and shared its interim analysis with the trial oversight group on Nov.