CellTrans has claimed the first FDA approval for a cell therapy used to treat type 1 diabetes, consisting of insulin-producing islet beta cells taken from deceased donors.
The FDA has started a priority review of Vertex Pharma and CRISPR Therapeutics’ exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) in sickle cell disease (SCD), with a decision on approva
The influential Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) in the US has issued draft guidance suggesting that new gene therapies for sickle cell disease (SCD) from
Vertex has doubled down on cell-based therapies for type 1 diabetes (T1D), buying ViaCyte in a $320 million deal that it says will accelerate development of its own candidate VX-880.
In an industry growing as quickly as cell therapy, keeping up with the demands of manufacturing and treatment is a challenge for the whole industry to tackle together, including stakeholder
Drug discovery is usually a goal-driven and iterative process, as researchers look for innovative new routes to target particular diseases and study those diseases in afflicted patients to learn ho