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Spark Therapeutics

This page shows the latest Spark Therapeutics news and features for those working in and with pharma, biotech and healthcare.

Hemlibra off to a flyer as Roche raises 2019 forecasts

Hemlibra off to a flyer as Roche raises 2019 forecasts

to complete its acquisition of gene therapy specialist Spark Therapeutics and its new blindness treatment Luxturna.

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  • Catalent preps for complex therapy boom with $1.2bn Paragon buy Catalent preps for complex therapy boom with $1.2bn Paragon buy

    Last month, Pfizer paid around $640m for a 15% stake in Vivet Therapeutics, while Biogen snapped up Nightstar Therapeutics for $800m and Roche acquired Spark Therapeutics in February for $4.3bn. ... And in 2018, Novartis’ bought AveXis for $8.7bn to

  • Gyroscope advances gene therapy platform, merges with Orbit Gyroscope advances gene therapy platform, merges with Orbit

    Its chief investment officer, and chair of Gyroscope, Chris Hollowood said that the merge will allow Gyroscope to gain “all the platform capabilities it requires to develop and deliver its therapeutics ... Spark Therapeutics' Luxturna for inherited

  • Pfizer hedges bets on gene therapy deal Pfizer hedges bets on gene therapy deal

    Company not splashing out like Roche's Spark purchase. Pfizer has stopped short of joining 2019's gene therapy buying spree, instead acquiring a 15% of Vivet Therapeutics, and securing an ... In this way, the US pharma company is sidestepping the kind of

  • Biogen strikes $800m deal to buy gene therapy firm Nightstar Biogen strikes $800m deal to buy gene therapy firm Nightstar

    Nightstar Therapeutics. ... That includes Roche’s $4.3bn deal for Spark Therapeutics – which already sells a gene therapy for IRD called Luxturna – and Novartis’ takeover of AveXis for $8.7bn last year to

  • Roche buys gene therapy specialist Spark for $4.3bn Roche buys gene therapy specialist Spark for $4.3bn

    Can compete with rival Novartis in fast-developing area. Roche is set to transform its presence in advanced therapies with a $4.3bn deal to buy Spark Therapeutics, the first company ... Spark’s main location in Philadelphia will remain a “centre of

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  • Drug launches to watch in 2019 Drug launches to watch in 2019

    1. Zolgensma – the $4m per patient gene therapy. The first CAR-T cell therapies, Novartis’ Kymriah and Gilead/Kite’s Yescarta, were launched in Europe in 2018, while Spark’s gene ... Unlike fellow Boston, MA-based gene therapy company Spark

  • The European Medicines Agency: PRIME’d for access? The European Medicines Agency: PRIME’d for access?

    sales, and 6 are in the top 10 companies with Pfizer (with Spark Therapeutics), Novartis (by acquiring AveXis), Celgene (with Bluebird and through acquiring Juno Therapeutics), Sanofi, Roche and Merck all ... Those prices pale in comparison though when

  • Bluebird Bio: on the cusp of a gene therapy revolution Bluebird Bio: on the cusp of a gene therapy revolution

    drugs, Novartis’ Kymriah and Gilead/Kite’s Yescarta and Spark Therapeutics’ gene therapy Luxturna all reaching the market last year. ... of a more stable adeno-associated virus (AAV) – which now forms the basis of Spark Therapeutics’ drugs and,

  • Health on instalment Health on instalment

    For example, Luxturna maker Spark Therapeutics approached a commercial payer with a pay-for-performance option.

  • The rise of real-world evidence The rise of real-world evidence

    Spark Therapeutics has a similar arrangement for its gene therapy. These agreements make real-world efficacy a requirement for full payment for a drug.

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    Sigilon has already reached certain milestones for its Living Therapeutics product platform, including its Afibromer technology, which represents a new class of breakthrough implantable biomaterials. ... Vivaldi has more than 25 years’ experience and

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