The FDA is embracing AI to streamline drug reviews, aiming for full implementation by June 2025. Following a successful pilot, this move could fast-track therapy approvals and reduce administrative tasks for scientists...
The FDA is phasing out animal testing for monoclonal antibodies and other drugs, turning to AI, lab-grown human tissues, and global safety data to streamline development, cut costs, and improve patient safety...
Tecelra is the first FDA-approved T cell receptor (TCR) gene therapy. The product is an autologous T cell immunotherapy composed of a patient’s own T cells. T cells in Tecelra are modified to express a TCR that targets MAGE-A4, an antigen expressed by cancer cells in synovial sarcoma...
The guidance provides recommendations regarding information that should be provided in an investigational new drug (IND) application to assess the safety and quality of the investigational GE product, including information on product design, product manufacturing and testing, nonclinical safety...
In a landmark move, the FDA has initiated the Collaboration on Gene Therapies Global Pilot (CoGenT), signaling a significant leap toward worldwide collaboration in the field of gene therapy. This pilot aims to enable concurrent collaborative reviews of new gene therapy applications with global regulators…
In this draft guidance, the FDA emphasizes that potency assays and their corresponding acceptance criteria should be designed to make meaningful contributions to potency assurance by reducing risks to product potency. They provide illustrative examples of approaches to potency assay development that are...
In a groundbreaking development, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two revolutionary treatments, Casgevy and Lyfgenia, marking a significant milestone in the field of gene therapy. These therapies represent the first-ever cell-based gene treatments for sickle cell disease (SCD) in patients...
The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines approved and authorized today are supported by the FDA’s evaluation of manufacturing data to support the change to the 2023-2024 formula and non-clinical immune response data on the updated formulations including the XBB.1.5 component...
Specifically, the guidance recommends conducting analytical comparability studies to provide scientific evidence of the impact that manufacturing changes may have on the safety, potency, and purity of human cellular and gene therapy products...
bluebird bio has announced the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ZYNTEGLO® (betibeglogene autotemcel), also known as beti-cel, a one-time gene therapy custom-designed to treat the underlying genetic cause of beta‑thalassemia in adult and pediatric patients who require regular red blood cell (RBC) transfusions. “The FDA approval of ZYNTEGLO offers people with [...]
