A group of more than 40 EU lawmakers backed the idea of an EU action plan for rare diseases, in a letter addressed to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
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EMERYVILLE, Calif. – Eureka Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel T-cell therapies to treat solid tumors, today announced the initiation of ARYA-2, a Phase I/II open-label, dose escalation clinical trial of ET140203 ARTEMIS® T-cell therapy in pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory hepatoblastoma (HB), hepatocellular neoplasm not otherwise specified (HCN-NOS),...
EMERYVILLE, Calif. – Eureka Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that Eureka and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) entered into a license agreement with Sanofi for the non-CAR use of a novel, human binding domain targeting GPRC5D (G Protein-Coupled Receptor Family C Group 5 Member D). The GPRC5D binding domain was discovered using...
LONDON, UK – Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today that the European Commission has granted conditional marketing authorization to CASGEVY™ (exagamglogene autotemcel [exa-cel]), a CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy. CASGEVY is approved for the treatment of patients who are 12 years of age and older with severe sickle cell disease (SCD)...
BOSTON, Mass. — Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the European Commission has granted approval for the label expansion of KAFTRIO® (ivacaftor/tezacaftor/elexacaftor) in a combination regimen with ivacaftor for the treatment of children with cystic fibrosis (CF) ages 2 through 5 years old who have at least one...
NEW YORK, NY — Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for VELSIPITY® (etrasimod) in the European Union to treat patients 16 years of age and older with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) who have had an inadequate response, lost response,...
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN) announced today that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted its request for accelerated assessment of valoctocogene roxaparvovec, for adults with severe hemophilia A. Accelerated assessment reduces the time frame for the EMA Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP)...
PHILADELPHIA – Amicus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FOLD) today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) validated the Marketing Authorization Applications (MAA) for AT-GAA, the Company’s investigational two-component therapy for the treatment of Pompe disease. Validation of the application confirms the submission is accepted, and the EMA’s centralized procedure with Committee for...
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN) announced today that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) validated the Company’s Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for its investigational gene therapy, valoctocogene roxaparvovec, for adults with severe hemophilia A. With today’s validation the MAA review can now commence. A CHMP opinion is anticipated...
Ten leading scientists in Europe – members of the nonprofit European Society for ME (http://esme-eu.com) – have formed a Think Tank for ME and will hold their first meeting with a press conference Saturday, June 13 in Stavanger, Norway. (See Scientific Panel Member Listing, below.) They want to initiate an...