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EC approves Vertex/CRISPR’s Casgevy gene therapy for inherited blood disorders

There are now more than 8,000 patients who are potentially eligible for treatment with Casgevy

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Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine available to buy in UK following MHRA endorsement

The XBB.1.5-adapted vaccine will be available for purchase from March 2024

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Pfizer’s Talzenna recommended by NICE for advanced breast cancer

An estimated 300 patients will be eligible for treatment with the PARP inhibitor

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Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid recommended by NICE for expanded use

The latest guidance will mean an estimated 5.3 million people will be eligible to access Paxlovid

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Pfizer’s Talzenna combination receives EC approval for metastatic prostate cancer

Approximately 470,000 new cases of prostate cancer were reported in Europe in 2020

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CHMP recommends gene therapy for beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease

If approved, Casgevy will be the only genetic therapy in the EU to treat these conditions

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Pfizer’s Elrexfio granted EC approval for relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma

More than 50,000 cases of the blood cancer are diagnosed each year in Europe

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FDA approves two cell-based gene therapies for sickle cell disease

Vertex/CRISPR and bluebird bio’s gene therapies have been approved to treat patients aged 12 years and older

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Pfizer’s RSV vaccine granted MHRA approval to protect infants and older adults

RSV is associated with 15,000 hospital admissions in infants under six months every year in England

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Pfizer and Astellas’ Xtandi approved by FDA for earlier prostate cancer indication

Xtandi is the first androgen receptor signalling inhibitor approved for this patient population

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MHRA authorises world-first gene therapy for two inherited blood disorders

Casgevy is now the first licensed treatment that uses the gene-editing tool CRISPR

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bluebird bio presents positive results for inherited blood disorder gene therapies

The company’s sickle cell disease therapy was accepted for FDA priority review earlier this year

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