What We’re Reading: Anthem Reduces Premium Hikes; Second Gene Therapy; California Wildfires – AJMC.com Managed Markets Network
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What We’re Reading: Anthem Reduces Premium Hikes; Second Gene Therapy; California Wildfires
AJMC.com Managed Markets Network After facing scrutiny from California regulators, Anthem Blue Cross will ease up 2 planned premium increases for 2018. According to California Healthline, the state’s regulators had challenged Anthem’s estimates for costs, which led to it planning a 40 … |
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CRISPR Therapeutics Awarded Grant from Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance to Collaborate with University of …
GlobeNewswire (press release) ZUG, Switzerland and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 13, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CRSP), a genome editing company focused on creating transformative medicine for serious diseases, today announced the receipt of the Kyle … |
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FDA Advisory Panel Unanimously Recommends Approval of Spark Therapeutics’ Gene Therapy Luxturna
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Spark Therapeutics is on track to win FDA approval later this year to market the first gene therapy ever authorized to treat an inherited disease in the U.S., following an advisory committee’s unanimous recommendation yesterday in favor of the company … |
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Immunotherapy is the newest weapon in the fight against cancer
Los Angeles Times The human immune system is both clever and powerful. But it is often foiled by cancer’s wily ways. A new approach to cancer treatment — immunotherapy — aims to unmask the disease for the deadly threat it is, then direct the full force of the immune … |
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Gene therapy still many years away from becoming practice in the UAE
gulfnews.com Abu Dhabi: There was more good news recently on the potential of gene therapy after doctors in the US cured 15 patients with a fatal genetic brain disease by using gene therapy. Despite the success, don’t expect to see gene therapy being used in UAE … |
Los Angeles Times |
The origins of immunotherapy
Los Angeles Times Through the centuries, physicians and scientists have repeatedly returned to the promise of harnessing the body’s own immune system to fight against cancer. Often, their search was inspired by a cancer patient’s sudden return to health after beating … |