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Pioneering gene therapy gets green light — and $475000 price – The CT Mirror

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2017-09-03 NEWS

The CT Mirror

Pioneering gene therapy gets green light — and $475000 price
The CT Mirror
The country’s first approved gene therapy — approved Wednesday to fight leukemia that resists standard therapies — will cost $475,000 for a one-time treatment, its manufacturer announced. Switzerland-based Novartis, which makes the innovative therapy
Has the Era of Gene Therapy Finally Arrived? – Scientific American …Scientific American (blog)
First gene therapy that targets leukemia approved in the US …kwbe
Gene therapy Kymriah: What’s in a name? | BioWorldBioWorld Online
CNBC –KTRK-TV –The Pharma Letter (registration)
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2017-09-02 NEWS

WJBD Online

First gene therapy that targets leukemia approved in the US
WJBD Online
Called “CAR-T cell therapy,” it is the first gene therapy to enter the U.S. market. Novartis Pharmaceuticals priced the one-time infusion at $475,000. However, the company said it would waive costs for patients who didn’t respond to the treatment

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2017-09-02 NEWS

KTIC

First gene therapy that targets leukemia approved in the US | KTIC …
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(NEW YORK) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a landmark treatment that genetically modifies a patient’s blood cells to target and destroy …

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2017-09-02 NEWS

kwbe

First gene therapy that targets leukemia approved in the US
kwbe
Called “CAR-T cell therapy,” it is the first gene therapy to enter the U.S. market. Novartis Pharmaceuticals priced the one-time infusion at $475,000. However, the company said it would waive costs for patients who didn’t respond to the treatment

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2017-09-02 NEWS

Retraction Watch (blog)

Weekend reads: Publishing too much?; CRISPR doubts; Pharma in predatory journals
Retraction Watch (blog)
(Soumya Chatterjee, The News Minute); Scientists raise doubts about the validity of a high-profile Nature paper about using CRISPR gene editing in human embryos, suggesting that many of the embryos weren’t actually edited. (Paul Knopfler, The Niche