Rare diseases
In this episode of Denatured, you’ll hear from Mark Lowdell, CSO & co-founder at INmuneBio Inc. and Vishwas Seshadri, CEO & director at Abeona Therapeutics. We explore how recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa has become a defining case study for gene and cell therapy and what this ultra‑rare disease reveals about the future scalability of advanced therapies.
After a regulatory odyssey that delayed a filing for what would be the first genetic medicine for Huntington’s disease, the FDA has agreed that three-year data from uniQure’s Phase 1/2 trial are sufficient to support an accelerated biologics license application.
While falling short of statistical significance, Incyte and Mirum Pharmaceuticals’ ALK2 inhibitor showed a “clear benefit” in reducing abnormal bone formation in a Phase 2 study of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.
With a one-time dosing profile, Intellia Therapeutics’ gene editing asset could be “paradigm-shifting” for hereditary angioedema, according to Jefferies. The biotech anticipates market approval next year.
While biopharma’s overarching mission is to develop innovative medicines to improve patient outcomes, for these six people, the motivation came from much closer to home.
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals’ Imcivree reduced fat—while boosting muscle—in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome.
Eli Lilly’s new JAK2 inhibitor—which it obtained from the recent acquisition of Ajax Therapeutics—reduced spleen volume by more than a third in 70% of patients with myelofibrosis.
After suffering the market withdrawal of its only product, Amylyx is gearing up for a pivotal Phase 3 readout in post-bariatric hypoglycemia. But the company’s driving ethos is still to treat “debilitating, devastating” neurodegenerative diseases, co-CEO Justin Klee told BioSpace.
After the FDA flagged patient deaths linked to Amgen’s rare disease drug Tavneos and called for its voluntary removal, the pharma recruited an independent data analysis from Duke researchers to help build the case for the drug’s continued market approval.
The discontinuation of Sanofi’s Phase 3 study for its complement inhibitor drug in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy delivers an ‘obviously disappointing’ blow to the broader drug class, according to William Blair.
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