The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE 1694
ISSUE 1694
January 22, 2024
Issue 1694
- Casgevy and Lyfgenia: Two Gene Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease
- Bimekizumab (Bimzelx) for Psoriasis
- Perfluorohexyloctane Ophthalmic Solution (Miebo) for Dry Eye Disease
- Avacincaptad Pegol (Izervay) for Geographic Atrophy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Toripalimab (Loqtorzi) for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (online only)
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Casgevy and Lyfgenia: Two Gene Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease
January 22, 2024 (Issue: 1694)
Two cell-based gene therapies – exagamglogene
autotemcel (Casgevy – Vertex) and lovotibeglogene
autotemcel (Lyfgenia – Bluebird Bio) – have been
approved by the FDA for treatment of sickle cell
disease in patients ≥12 years old with...more
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