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Free access to Zolgensma curbed, says Novartis

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Novartis’ programme providing free access to its spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) gene therapy Zolgensma is being scaled back to a dozen countries worldwide, according to the company. ” Zolgensma is one of the most expensive therapies available, with a price tag of around $2.1

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BD partners with Biocorp on connected self-injection devices

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Medtech giant Beckton Dickinson (BD) has signed a deal with France’s Biocorp to use the latter’s near-field communication (NFC) tags in injectable devices. The Injay tag can confirm a complete injection and transfer that information via an NFC reader to a smartphone or tablet for review by a healthcare professional.

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Q&A: A decade on, what’s next for CAR-T therapies?

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More than a decade after the first patient was treated with a CAR-T therapy, six therapies relying on the same principles have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and marketed to thousands of patients. More broadly however, several advancements are on the horizon for cell and gene therapies in 2023.

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What Tech Trends Do Life Sciences Marketers Need to Know About?

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Casey Cronin Life sciences marketers have a unique opportunity to connect with target audiences on an individual level and foster brand safety through AI advancement. This is just the beginning of AI advancement in healthcare marketing, as brands apply this game-changing framework to reach target audiences in the most effective way.

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After a slow start for expensive CAR-T therapies, drug developers revisit oral therapies for blood cancer

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There’s been huge progress in treatments for blood cancer in recent years – but drawbacks of expensive CAR-T cell and injected antibody therapies have led drug developers to look at novel oral therapies as patient-friendly alternatives. Oral therapy data presented at ASH. CellCentric, a U.K-based CellCentric, a U.K-based

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Rare Disease Spotlight – tracing the rise of orphan drug designations over almost 40 years

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This year has already been eventful when it comes to the development of therapies for rare diseases. Additionally, pricing and access for rare disease therapies continue to be scrutinized closely. Most, if not all, of these therapies used the FDA’s Orphan Drug Designation to aid their development plans.

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A broad range of unmet needs remains in the immuno-oncology space

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IO agents include the classes of immune checkpoint modulators, cell therapies, bispecific antibodies, oncolytic viruses, therapeutic vaccines, and cytokines. Despite the significant advances that have been made in the IO field, a huge level of unmet need remains. Cost-related unmet needs also scored highly.