Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Spark Therapeutics’ Luxturna, indicated for inherited retinal disease (IRD), was the first gene therapy to be approved, in 2017, with a price tag of $850,000 for each eye. Prior to bluebird's approvals, there were only two FDA-approved gene therapies for inherited conditions on the market.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 13, 2023

Two gene therapies up for approval this year for sickle cell disease could be cost effective in some cases at a $2 million price point, based on a draft evidence report published by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER). Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 5, 2023

But access to these treatments continues to remain limited due to high price tags and variable availability across regions. Currently, all approved CAR-T therapies are autologous, where T cells taken from patients are modified and then re-infused. AZ: Cell and gene therapies often come with a high price.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 25, 2022

The new drug is one of two bispecifics for multiple myeloma in the late-stage pipeline of J&J’s Janssen division stemming from its longstanding and fertile collaboration with Danish biotech Genmab, along with talquetamab which binds to CD3 and GPRC5D.

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AUGUST 18, 2022

bluebird bio’s Zynteglo has become the first cell-based gene therapy to be approved in the US, getting the nod from the FDA as a treatment for patients with beta thalassaemia who require regular blood transfusions. bluebird has opted to launch it at a cost of $2.8 million, which compares to the $1.7

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European Pharmaceutical Review

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells are the first example of a “living drug”. 1 Following in vitro production from T cells collected from a patient’s leukapheresis procedure, the CAR T cells are infused back into the patient’s blood, where they proliferate and expand. This is variable and to some extent unpredictable.

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