Genetics Health

Prnewswire | September 30, 2020

In a bid to improve the quality and availability of information on health-specific cannabis use, industry giant WayofLeaf.com has introduced a team of doctors and health experts to review thousands of topics relating to the use of medical cannabis and CBD for specific health conditions. The website, which for years has provided a reliable informational resource for medical cannabis patients, believes it is time for cannabis users of all types to have access to trustworthy, research-backed conten...

PharmaNewsIntelligence | March 11, 2020

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) held the first-ever gene therapy clinical trial, BRILLIANCE, to address blindness-causing gene mutation, LCA10, according to a recent press release The clinical trial, sponsored by Allergan plc and Editas Medicine, is one of 14 different clinical trials investigating new genetic treatments for ophthalmic conditions and nearly 50 vision-related clinical trials. The procedure uses gene-editing tool CRISPR to edit human genes, also known as in vivo gene...

Pharma Tech

Innate Pharma | September 06, 2022

Innate Pharma SA announced that the following presentations will be presented at the ESMO Annual Meeting 2022 taking place from 9 to 13 September 2022, in Paris, France. About Lacutamab Lacutamab is a first-in-class anti-KIR3DL2 humanized cytotoxicity-inducing antibody that is currently in clinical trials for treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma an orphan disease, and peripheral T cell lymphoma. Rare cutaneous lymphomas of T lymphocytes has a poor prognos...

BioPharma Dive | January 28, 2020

Pfizer aims to be the third big pharma with a significant presence in gene therapy. Its plans to initiate this year three Phase 3 trials targeting mutation-driven blood and muscular diseases would make it a large player in this cutting-edge area of medicine. The difference between Pfizer and its Swiss rivals Novartis and Roche is that its treatments for muscular dystrophy and hemophilia do not look like they will be the first to market. With hopes that gene therapy could be a one-and-done treatm...