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that is a great question, and I suspect fixing bad genes in cancers will be difficult; maybe fixing bad genes in heredit...
Can't say which tech is better, but SGMO appears to be much farther ahead in research. "In 2017, Sangamo is conducting ...
$SNY $BIIV = crooks to pay fines... why don't they ever go to jail?Regulators at the SEC are sounding an alarm fo...
$BioMarin Interesting UK study Hemophilia A success. Small study but quite the patient response....
#ASH17 NEWS http://e.endpointsnews.com/t/ViewEmail/t/16F7237A4D7B4F15/2F80028A944F69C925D77A725F39070E The BCMA-targ...
Imagine having hemophilia or von Willebrand disease and not bleeding all over creation when you scrape yourself. I HAVE ...
$Rubius Therapeutics Just secured $120M in funding from Flagship. Torben Straight Nissen, president at Rubies and partn...
$SGMO np: Receives Fast Track Designation From The FDA For SB-525 Investigational Hemophilia A Gene Therapy https://fi...
$SGMO Amazing. Always been great at raising large amounts of capital and having numerous irons in the fire. I ha...
At-heart coagulationist that I am, I'm pretty amped about Genentech/Roche's phase 3 success today with emicizumab. This ...
$QURE rpts Q2: Add. data on AMT-060 in Hemophilia B Later this YrData fr Sanfilippo B & Parkinson's Dis. in Q1'17 h...
to be more precise, in paragraph 1 "I don't see a gene therapy for Hemophilia B".......
Hi eyedoc! Thanks for doing some ferreting. In actual fact, Baxalta is recruiting now for its in-house factor IX gene th...
Doc, I don't see a gene therapy for either Baxalta (which has a recombinant Factor IX replacement therapy and BAX 888 in...
I think the answer is (b) to the best of my knowledge as Biomarin developing a gene therapy for Hemophilia A....
Question of the Day:Which ONE of the following companies is NOT developing a gene therapy for factor IX deficiency (...
$ALNY, $BMRN, $PFE, $QURE, $SHPG Gene Therapy and Other New Hemophilia Products https://twitter.com/Liquid_Biopsy_/st...
$ONCE $PFE Spark Therapeutics and Pfizer Receipt of FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for SPK-9001 for the Treatment...
$QURE Announces Presentation of Updated Data for AMT-060 at the World Federation of Hemophilia World Congress 7/27 http...
Spark Therapeutics (ONCE) doing some good things with gene therapy treating hemophilia.https://www.technologyreview....
Lovely pop today in $ONCE, the firm treating hemophilia B with factor IX gene therapy. ONCE is attaining 30 percent norm...
Ben: You were asking about Versartis $VSAR. In no particular order:(1) the company share price is in a perpetual dow...
A few months old article, but a good article on the gene therapy race and competition to possibly cure Hemophilia.ht...
A promising looking gene therapy company Dimension Therapeutics (DMTX) looks interesting trading a bit over 6.00. It is ...
TLOG- TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals Announces Data on Lead Clinical Programs: http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/...
TGTX-TGTX Phase I/Ib Study Evaluating the Efficacy/Safety of TGR-1202 Est Study Completion Dec 2015 BXLT-PDUFA Adnovate...
Baxalta (BXLT) and Obizur get Health Canada approval for acquired Hemophilia A.http://finance.yahoo.com/news/baxalta...
Thanks, bird-dog Ben. The insider selling troubles me in that the stock is well off its highs. I have a long position in...
Don, yes, AC5 would definitely have a role in helping the hemophiliac pt. They come in several flavors: A, which confuse...
I have no idea of the current prevalence of Hemophilia or how crises are treated, but wonder if AC5 could be a home use ...
I have begun drafting a gene therapy primer for you. I think the ophthalmology community may be waking up to Molecular P...
Well here's another M&A rumor from SA regarding PFE...-According to Reuters, Pfizer (PFE +0.2%) is negotiating a tak...
Hi don: we have pretty vigorously discussed Spark $ONCE in prior threads. You might do Control F searching to find those...
In a report released yesterday, Cory Kasimov from J.P. Morgan reiterated an Overweight rating on Spark Therapeutics (NAS...
Larry, I don't personally think it competes with ARTH because this product's huge downside is that it makes recipients t...
Someone commented recently on $OPKO's recombinant factor VIIa-CTP product, soon to enter phase 2a. I wrote something abo...
Thank you Dr. KSS. I have re-reviewed your comments on prior thread at post # 74 and 251; and have also noted your comm...
A good synopsis today from John Carroll, the editor at Fierce.$ONCE has competition in hemophilia B, BUT has a heads...
Rae: it's a good company in a quite unusual position: it hits the street having completed proof of concept in a set of v...
I am keen on Spark. I hope they will push ahead with IPO'ing. I know Kathy High, MD, the CEO. I would describe her, and ...
To ScorpioRising and Kris Prasad: sorry for being a latecomer to the discussion about AAV-8. I appreciate the references...
Dan: the dose in question here is 4 x 10 to the tenth virus genomes per kg. And that is given by peripheral iv.By co...
Dr. KSS, Any thoughts about this - Uniqure - (QURE ) http://www.uniqure.com/ What is the future of the company ? A...
Gary: Thanks for posting and I appreciate your comments. Alnylam certainly has a future, though by now it is big. I don'...
Dr. KSS, re: # 419..... you said "A number can be x times greater than predicted. It cannot be x times less than predict...
Siva and biocqr: As to the objections raised regarding TT-034, AAV8 and liver transfection/transduction efficacy, I have...
Thanks Siva,Regardless of how the Nature AAV8 trial was run, the fact remains that Dr. Kay was surprised that in the...
Dr. K, I’m still somewhat confused about the viability of using AAV8 for the successful transduction of TT-034. Accor...
I meant also to point out that while this is a global/multinational $109 billion company that controls the markets for i...
This 2011 NEJM paper should truly lay to rest any concerns that AAV8, as Benitec is using in the TT-034, can succesfully...
Below is a piece from http://rnaitherapeutics.blogspot.com. Note that the author is pro Tekmira. Dr KSS - I would like t...