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Adrian Kilcoyne, MD, MPH, MBA, the chief medical officer of Celularity, discussed a new analysis of gene and protein signatures from patients treated in the company’s legacy clinical trials.

The company also recently entered into a collaboration with Roche and was invested in by Astellas.

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Because of the lack of neurotoxicity seen in patients treated thus far, Nexcella believes NXC-201 may have potential to serve as an outpatient treatment.

The interventional cardiologist and professor, Duke University School of Medicine, discussed how XC001 could improve outcomes for patients with refractory angina.

Pending approval, ARO-DUX4 will be evaluated in patients with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and ARO-SOD1 will be evaluated in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

The founder, chairman, and CEO of Celularity shared his view on the importance of cord blood-derived cells for the medical and clinical community.

The single-arm, open-label clinical trial will seek to enroll approximately 18 patients aged 18 to 75 years.

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Participants treated both unilaterally or bilaterally reported clinically meaningful improvements on GRCQ and XQ scale scores.

The founder, chairman, and CEO of Celularity discussed the advantages of cells derived from umbilical cord blood versus other sources of cells for cell therapies.

Earlier this year Bloomsbury Genetic Therapies met with the UK’s MHRA for a scientific advice meeting to discuss BGT-NPC.

The company announced that it had completed dosing in the first cohort of the GALILEO-1 trial of FLT201.

The company also reported that WU-NK-101 has received orphan drug designation for treating acute myeloid leukemia from the FDA.

The codirector of the MDA Clinic and professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins discussed the importance of connecting infants with spinal muscular atrophy to a therapy as soon as possible.

BGT-OTCD is being developed in a collaboration between Bloomsbury Genetic Therapies and University College London.

Surveyed clinicians and nurses from Rady Children's Hospital San Diego identified important factors and considerations needed in a potential SMD tool.

AlloNK will be evaluated as part of a combination therapy with anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody rituximab.

Review top news and interview highlights from the week ending August 18, 2023.

The professor of neurosurgery at Rush University Medical School discussed follow-up in the phase 1/2 trial of LCTOPC1 and further research to be done.

NGN-101 will be delivered to each participant via both intracerebroventricular and intravitreal routes on the same day in the phase 1/2 trial, with the therapy assessed for safety and efficacy.

Bluebird's gene-edited cell therapy has a PDUFA date of December 20, 2023.

IMPT-514 uses the same CAR-T construct as ImmPACT Bio’s IMPT-314, which is already under clinical evaluation for non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The senior partner at Retina Vitreous Associates Medical Group discussed new findings from the AAVIATE study of RGX-314.

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Mustang reported new data and responses from a multicenter phase 1 trial evaluating its CAR T-cell therapy in patients with NHL, FL, and WM.

The new orphan drug designation follows a recently received fast track designation for Reqorsa in combination with Tecentriq for an extensive-stage small cell lung cancer indication.

The pediatric gastroenterologist and professor in residence at University of California at San Francisco discussed challenges with clinical trials in neurocognitive diseases including MPS2.