Tag: clinical trials
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Report – 289 Cell and Gene Therapies in Development
A report by a pharmaceutical industry organization says nearly 300 new therapies that transfer live cells or genes as treatments for disease are in clinical trials or being reviewed by Food and Drug Administration.
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Trial Results Show Gene Transfers Reverse Sickle Cell Disease
Results from the first 2 participants in a clinical trial show transferring healthy genes to patients with sickle cell disease reverses symptoms of the disease that continues for up to 1 year.
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Janssen Licensing Cancer Antibodies in $1.8B Deal
An affiliate of drug maker Janssen Pharmaceutical is licensing a synthetic antibody to treat blood-related cancers from a developer of antibodies based on the immune system of llamas.
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Trials OK’d for Inherited Eye Disease Therapy with Crispr
The company developing a treatment for a rare inherited eye disease using the genome editing technique Crispr received authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to begin clinical trials.
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Project to Catalog Precision Lung Cancer Immunotherapies
A new research initiative in the U.K. is collecting and mapping precise combinations of therapies that invoke the immune system to treat lung cancer.
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Company Formed to Advance Sickle Cell Gene Therapy
A Swiss medical technologies company and Cincinnati Children’s hospital in Ohio are starting a new enterprise to commercialize research on gene therapies for inherited blood disorders.
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FDA Approves Biomarker-Targeting Cancer Drug
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a treatment for solid tumor cancers that focuses on specific cancer-causing genetic conditions rather than location of the cancer in the body.
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Inhaled Anti-Fungal Drug Shown Safe for People with Asthma
Results from a clinical trial show an inhaled form of a current anti-fungal drug to treat a complication of asthma is safe for patients, including those with asthma.
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Trial Shows Treatment Prevents Peanut Allergy Reactions
Final results from a clinical trial show a preventive treatment desensitizes children and adolescents with peanut allergies against reaction-causing proteins in peanuts for one year.
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Trial Testing Non-Opioid Pellet Implant for Sciatica Pain
A clinical trial to test a tiny implanted pellet containing a non-opioid pain killer began treating participants to relieve leg and back pain from sciatica.