NOVATO, Calif. — Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE) today announced that the Phase 3 Aspire study evaluating GTX-102 (apazunersen) as a treatment for Angelman Syndrome is fully enrolled, with approximately 129 participants ages four to 17 with a genetically confirmed diagnosis of full maternal UBE3A gene deletion. “The accelerated enrollment of the Phase...
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NOVATO, Calif. — Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE) today announced that it has completed the rolling submission of its Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), seeking approval for DTX401 AAV gene therapy (pariglasgene brecaparvovec) as a treatment for Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia (GSDIa)....
NOVATO, Calif. – Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapies for rare and ultra-rare diseases, today announced the successful completion of an End-of-Phase 2 (EOP2) meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the DTX301 ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC)...
NOVATO, Calif. — Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE) today reported that the Phase 1/2/3 Cyprus2+ study of its UX701 gene therapy has demonstrated meaningful clinical activity as well as improvements in copper metabolism in Stage 1. Multiple responders have completely tapered off of standard-of-care treatment with responses seen in all...
NOVATO, Calif. — Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. today announced that the European Commission (EC) has extended the approval of Evkeeza® (evinacumab) as an adjunct to diet and other lipid-lowering therapies to treat children aged 5 to 11 years with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). Evkeeza is the first angiopoietin-like 3 (ANGPTL3) inhibitor...
Phase 3 Aspire study enrollment on track to complete in 2025 Aurora study to evaluate GTX-102 in other Angelman syndrome genotypes and ages expected to initiate later this year NOVATO, Calif. — Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE), today announced that it has received Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the U.S. Food...
NOVATO, Calif. — Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE) today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted Priority Medicine (PRIME) designation to GTX-102 for the treatment of Angelman syndrome (AS). GTX-102 is an investigational antisense oligonucleotide delivered via intrathecal administration and is designed to target and inhibit expression of UBE3A...
NOVATO, Calif. — Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc., today announced that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued a final draft guidance recommending Evkeeza® (evinacumab) to NHS England. Evkeeza is recommended within its marketing authorization as an adjunct to diet and other low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering therapies for...
AMHERST, Mass. – While we often think of diseases as caused by foreign bodies—bacteria or viruses—there are hundreds of diseases affecting humans that result from errors in cellular production of its proteins. A team of researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently leveraged the power of cutting-edge technology,...
AMHERST, Mass. – There is a surprising dearth of research about how breast cancer cells can go dormant, spread and then resurface years or even decades later, according to a new review of in vitro breast cancer studies conducted by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. “[Our review found...