All Rare diseases articles – Page 3

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    mRNA therapies: a new frontier

    2023-11-30T09:00:29Z

    Nicolas Chornet, Senior Vice President of International Manufacturing at Moderna, speaks to EPR about the future of mRNA therapies and offers an update on the company’s international expansion plans.

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    MSD medicine accepted for use in Scotland

    2023-10-09T16:12:27Z

    Scotland is the first European country to accept the HIF-2α inhibitor WELIREG® (belzutifan) for eligible adults with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease.

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    Exploring the gene therapy biomanufacturing landscape

    2023-10-05T09:00:12Z

    In this exclusive Q&A with European Pharmaceutical Review, Sheila Ann Mikhail, co-founder of AskBio and keynote speaker at CPHI Barcelona delves into the current landscape and future potential of the gene therapy sector. She explores strategies for making gene therapies more affordable and accessible, innovations in drug delivery, as ...

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    Small molecule drug shows promise in rare disease

    2023-09-15T14:18:47Z

    In a Phase II trial, the small-molecule drug CBL-514 demonstrated significant reduction in lipoma size and pain improvement in Dercum's disease, a rare disorder.

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    CHMP meeting highlights – May 2023

    2023-05-29T09:00:21Z

    The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended two new medicines for approval in its May meeting, including a neurosteroid for epileptic seizures.

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    $1.7b acquisition to develop rare haematology therapy

    2023-05-12T11:44:00Z

    When CTI BioPharma is acquired by Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (Sobi), the companies intend to advance an oral kinase inhibitor treatment for a rare haematological disease.

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    Takeda to build £600m plasma therapy manufacturing site

    2023-03-23T14:34:13Z

    Takeda’s largest manufacturing capacity expansion investment in Japan will fund the build of a new facility for plasma-derived therapies.

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    CHMP recommends first pegylated enzyme for Fabry disease

    2023-02-27T14:53:32Z

    A PEGylated enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease has received recommendation for a marketing authorisation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA)'s human medicines committee.