The success of cell and gene therapies relies not just on approvability but on affordability and accessibility. Innovative manufacturing, automation, and digital tools are key to expanding patient access and ensuring commercial viability.
Paul Melmeyer, MPP, the executive vice president of public policy & advocacy at MDA, discussed the growing interest in gene therapy for the annual meeting.
The scientist II at Senti Biosciences discussed the potential of synthetic promoters to improve target specificity in AAV vector-based gene therapies in retinal diseases and beyond.
The director of the Regenerative Medicine Institute at Cedars Sinai discussed research being conducted with CNS10-NPC-GDNF in multiple indications.
The hematology coordinator for pharmacy at Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin discussed the advantages of each of the 2 modalities in the third and second line settings.
Lucas Harrington, PhD, the cofounder and chief scientific officer of Mammoth Biosciences, discussed the company’s mouse model research on treating hypertriglyceridemia.
The senior vice president of clinical development at Passage Bio discussed intracisternal magna administration of PBGM01.
The scientific cofounder and chief executive officer of Alloplex Biotherapeutics discussed progress of the phase 1 trial and possible future evaluations of the therapy.
The senior vice president of Technical Operations at Senti Biosciences discussed the company’s NK cell logic-gating platform and allogeneic approach.
Caroline Diorio, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, an attending physician at the Cancer Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, discussed a study she coauthored that was recently published in Blood.
Details enhance knowledge of biological pathways that contribute to disease pathogenesis.
Details enhance knowledge of biological pathways that contribute to disease pathogenesis.
Patrick Hwu, MD, discusses the uptake of cellular therapy in the treatment of patients with cancer.
The associate professor at Medical College of Wisconsin discussed current studies evaluating cilta-cel and ongoing research.
The associate professor at Hokkaido University and investigator of STEMTRA also discussed other efforts in stroke, Alzheimer disease, and Parkinson disease.
After a more than 35-year pursuit, the licensing of a gene therapy product for treating hemophilia may be available within 2 years.
Thomas Hutson, DO, PharmD, discusses challenges with targeted therapy in non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
John Brandsema, MD, discusses gene transfer for the management of SMA and the recent approval of onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi.
Brian Till, MD, discusses the potential to utilize CAR T-cell therapy earlier in the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma.
Ciltacabtagene autoleucel, an investigational BCMA-directed CAR-T therapy, sustained efficacy and durable responses in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.
New studies into chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)–engineered natural killer (NK) cells has shown promising results, explained Ulrike Köhl, PhD, MD, professor of immune oncology and director of the Institute for Clinical Immunology at the University of Leipzig in Germany.
Intracoronary gene transfer among heart failure patients increased left ventricular function beyond standard heart failure therapy.
Ajeet Gajra, MD, MBBS, FACP, talks about identifying and removing the barriers for offering CAR T-cell therapy at the community practice level.
Results of a Phase 1/2a gene therapy clinical trial in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) revealed a significant decrease in levels of serum creatine kinase, an enzyme biomarker associated with muscle damage caused by DMD.
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While the cell and gene therapies approved so far are indicated for rare diseases with small patient populations, the successes of chimeric antigen receptor-T (CAR-T) therapies and expanding interest from biopharma stress the need to rapidly scale the supply chain as these therapies move toward commercial availability for more disease states and larger patient populations.
A unique targeted therapy, quizartinib, was able to clear leukemia cells from the bone marrow in more than 33% of patients with an aggressive form of acute myeloid leukemia marked by a mutation in the FLT3 gene.
Universal gene expression profiling of patients with stage II breast cancer resulted in outpatient savings of $11,000 (inclusive of testing costs) within 6 months of initiation of medical therapy.
Universal gene expression profiling of patients with stage II breast cancer resulted in outpatient savings of $11,000 (inclusive of testing costs) within 6 months of initiation of medical therapy.