Pending the results of the trial, Cartesian plans to eventually evaluate Descartes-15 for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.

The data come from the pivotal part B cohort of the phase 2/3 DEVOTE clinical trial.

Notably, the therapy previously received rare pediatric disease designation from the FDA in July 2024.

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Among patients who received the pivotal dose level, a median reduction of 85% in HS D2S6 levels was seen in the CSF.

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GT201 previously received IND clearance from China’s Center for Drug Evaluation in July 2023.

The director of neurology and neuromuscular medicine at the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia, spoke about the enhancements to newborn screening for the disease.

David Dimmock, MBBS, the chief medical officer at Creyon Bio, discussed future applications for the company’s AI-guided discovery platform.

The therapy is being developed for the treatment of patients with progressive MS who have imaging evidence of ongoing inflammatory tissue injury and who are HLA-DRB1*15:01 positive.

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Scott Jeffers, PhD, the chief technology officer at GenSight Biologics, discussed using Verdot’s FlexiPro system to produce Lumevoq gene therapy.

Among the treated patients, the complete response (CR) rate in adults was 82% and the CR rate in children was 93%.

David Dimmock, MBBS, the chief medical officer at Creyon Bio, discussed findings from a patient treated for a TNP02 missense mutation.

Amarna noted that the meeting, which took place on July 31, 2024, provided the company with feedback on the overall development plan for AM510.

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David Dimmock, MBBS, the chief medical officer at Creyon Bio, discussed the development of an allele-selective ASO for a single patient with a de novo pathology.

The NMPA’s decision was made with reference to results from the phase 2 CARTIFAN-1 clinical trial (NCT03758417), which took place at multiple sites in China.

The approved indication specifically covers adults with r/r MCL who have previously been treated with at least 2 lines of systemic therapy including BTKis.

Mark Walters, MD, a professor in residence for pediatrics at the Sickle Cell Center of Excellence at the University of California discussed gene therapy’s ongoing transformation of the treatment landscape.

The research scientist at Seattle Children’s Research Institute discussed findings from mouse research he presented at ASGCT’s 2024 conference.

In light of the IND application, Galpagos intends to bring its phase 1/2 ATALANTA-1 clinical trial (NCT06561425), which is currently ongoing in Europe, to the United States.

Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar, MD, MSCS, a professor of internal medicine and pediatrics at National Jewish Health discussed updated data from the phase 1/2 AEROW trial of 4D-710.

Ignacio Mata, PhD, an associate professor of neurology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Institute, discussed the challenges that will need to be overcome to apply gene therapy to a complex neurological disorder like PD.

Among more than 100 patients with hemophilia A, no FVIII-specific responses showed associations with the assessed safety or efficacy parameters.