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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Delivering Breakthrough Treatments Affordably

Editor’s Note: In a recent webinar, Manatt Health’s Anthony Fiori, Senior Managing Director, and Alex Dworkowitz, Partner, hosted a panel of innovative thought leaders—including Dr. Sanjiv Shah, Chief Medical Officer of...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Biogen and ViGeneron to Collaborate on Ophthalmic Gene Therapy Development

Earlier this week, Biogen and ViGeneron signed a global collaboration and licensing agreement to develop gene therapies for inherited eye diseases. The companies will use Munich-based ViGeneron’s proprietary adeno-associated...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Cancer Vaccines: The Fourth Pillar of Anti-Cancer Therapy?

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Innovative technologies are being deployed to address the Western world’s major killer: cancer. Traditionally, cancer treatment has included surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, but recently, the development of targeted...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Chromosomal Rearrangements Associated with Chemotherapeutic Drug Resistance

Chemotherapeutic drug resistance is one reason cancer remains an unsolved clinical problem despite the efforts ever since President Nixon declared his "War on Cancer" in 1971.  Cancer cells, due in part to the genetic...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Determining Sameness of Gene Therapies

Guidance Relevant for Purposes of Determining Orphan Drug Designation and Exclusivity. Finalizes Six Other Gene Therapies. Two "hot" areas in drug development are i) gene therapies, and ii) therapies for orphan diseases....more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA Releases Series of Gene Therapy Guidance Documents: From Drug Development to Postmarket Monitoring

In a highly anticipated step, which had been teased by agency leadership in their public appearances over the past several months, FDA released a series of draft guidance documents pertaining to the development and approval...more

Snell & Wilmer

FDA Makes Gene Therapy Available for First Time in USA

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Earlier this week, the FDA made gene therapy available for the first time in the United States. This decision, ushers in “a new approach to the treatment of cancer and other serious and life-threatening diseases” said the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Patent Profile: Mayo Foundation Receives Patent for Methods of Selecting Medications

In March, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 8,401,801, entitled "Methods for Selecting Medications." The '801 patent, which is assigned to the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research,...more

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