2/IMO the most significant corporate event in Q4 was $CRSP announcement that regulatory Exa-cel submissions of both #SickleCell & #BetaThalassemia validated in the #EU & #UK & that the @US_FDA BLA submission is on track by the end of Q1 ‘23 - possibly reaching the #markets in ‘23
3/Exa-cel/CTX001 - the key program in $CRSP portfolio, is an #autologous Ex-Vivo #CRISPR/#Cas9#GeneEditing therapy aimed for patients suffering from #TDT or severe #SCD. The latest readout for both programs was phenomenal with 42/44 TDT & 31/31(!) demonstrated remarkable results
4/Last December - during #ASH22@CRISPRTX & $VRTX presented an updated clinical data from the exa-cel trail taken from 75 #patients: 44 TDT+31 #sicklecelldisease & with a long follow-up. The data demonstrates that exa-cel has the potential to be a one-time functional #cure.
5/Exa-cel was submitted to the @US_FDA for BLA rolling review with expected completion of the submission package by the end of Q1 2023. If approved - Exa-cel will be the first ever #CRISPR product to be commercialised & marketed thus making @CRISPRTX the first to sell a product.
6/@CRISPRTX second program is CTX110 - a wholly owned donor-derived #GeneEditing#allogeneic antigen receptor T cell #CAR-T #therapy targeting CD19+ B-cell malignancies. CTX110 has also been granted a Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy - #RMAT designation from the @US_FDA.
7/Patients that were treated with CTX110 as part of the @CRISPRTX#CARBON#clinicaltrail have shown good results. CTX110 was well tolerated across all dose levels & patients in CR remain clinically well without receiving any systematic anti-#Cancer#Therapy other than CTX110👇
8/@CRISPRTX has recently provided a clinical update for both its Part A & Part B of $CRSP ongoing Phase 1 #CARBON trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of CTX110 its wholly-owned #allogeneic CAR T #celltherapy targeting CD19+ B-#cell malignancies. Here is a 🧵 that I wrote👇
9/@CRISPRTX will initiate clinical trials for CTX112 - next gen CAR T platforms targeting CD19+ B-cell malignancies, in 1H 2023. CTX112 incorporates the edits in CTX110 plus additional edits to the genes encoding Regnase-1 & TGFBRII, thus increasing the potency of the CAR T cells
10/CTX130 is another $CRSP wholly-owned #allogeneic CAR-T #CellTherapy targeting #CD70, for the treatment of Mycosis Fungoides & #Sézary Syndrome - both types of cutaneous T-cell #lymphoma. In September @CRISPRTX announced that the @US_FDA has granted it RMAT designation.
11/CTX130 has showed overall a good safety profile - patients that were treated with CTX130 as part of the @CRISPRTX#COBALT#clinicaltrail have shown good results with #disease control rate DCR of 90% (N=10), 70% ORR & 30% CR rate. $CRSP CTX130 recent readout was also promising
13/@ViaCyte & $CRSP have 3 #CRISPR#GeneEditing programs - VCTX210 in which the first patient was dosed as part of a Phase 1 clinical trial. $CRSP expects to move the other two In-Vivo programs - VCTX211 & VCTX212 - both for #diabetes into the clinic in the next 18-24 months👇
14/@CRISPRTX has named recently another 2 new #CardioVascular programs 1)CTX310 for #ANGPTL3 & 2)CTX330 for PCSK9. Regarding both - IMO $VERV is much more advanced & especially after @VerveTx’s recent data & the ongoing #Heart-1 trail it is most likely to dominate this market.
15/As of 12/31/22 $CRSP had capital resources of $2.24B & R&D expenses of $103M. IMO @CRISPRTX’s current cash position will enable it to continue to develop its clinical pipeline with hopefully the first #CRISPR commercial product hitting the markets in 2023 & generating revenue
16/With an highly anticipated first ever @US_FDA approval for a #GeneEditing platform expected in 2023 @CRISPRTX will be the 1ST #CRISPR company with a product in the market & with a strong cash position of $2.24B - @CRISPRTX IMO continues to look very solid & promising. $CRSP
1/@LineageCell presented promising data at the @FightBlindness Gene Therapy innovation summit - as part of #ARVO2024, from its clinical study of RG6501 (OpRegen) - a retinal pigment epithelial Cell therapy aimed to treat age-related macular degeneration dry AMD. $LCTX $RHHBY $XBI
2/@LineageCell has developed a unique technology that enables it to transplant specific cell types from a single pluripotent cell line thus creating “off the shelf” cell transplants platform for multiple conditions. $LCTX most advanced program is its OpRegen ocular platform. $XBI
3/Dry AMD leads to the loss of retina cells thus creating an area of geographic atrophy-GA, which leads to impaired vision & blindness. By using a subretinal injection of RPE cells into the eye OpRegen will be able to preserve or improve a patient’s vision
1/@WaveLifeSci today announced the approval of its first clinical trial application (CTA) for its RestorAATion-2 clinical trial of $WVE-006, Wave’s first-in-class RNA editing oligonucleotide, which is being developed for the treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency-AATD. $XBI
2/WVE-006 is a first-in-class, GalNAc-conjugated RNA editing oligonucleotide aimed to correct the single base mutation in messenger RNA (mRNA) coded by the SERPINA1 Z allele, thereby enabling restoration and circulation of functional, wild-type alpha-1 antitrypsin (M-AAT) protein
3/RestorAATion-2 is a Phase 1b/2a open label study designed to evaluate the safety & tolerability of WVE-006 in individuals with AATD who have the homozygous Pi*ZZ mutation. $WVE remains on track to deliver proof-of-mechanism data - restoration of M-AAT protein in serum, in 2024.
1/@VerveTx announced that due to observed laboratory abnormalities associated with $VERV-101, it has decided to pause enrollment in its Heart-1 clinical trial. Verve is conducting an investigation & will work with regulatory authorities to define a path forward for VERVE-101 $XBI
2/VERVE-101 is being evaluated in the Heart-1 Phase 1b clinical trial with trial endpoints of safety and tolerability as well as changes in blood PCSK9 protein and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels in patients living with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH), established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), and uncontrolled hypercholesterolemia
3/6 participants have been dosed at 0.45 mg/kg of VERVE-101 from a total of 13 participants. For the first 5 in the 0.45 mg/kg cohort (with follow-up of >28 days) $VERV-101 demonstrated time-averaged LDL-C reductions ranging from 21% to 73%, & averaging 46% (cut-off date 3/18/24)
1/@CaribouBio announced that preclinical data from its CB-012 program - an allogeneic anti-CLL-1 CAR-T cell therapy aimed to treat relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (r/r AML), will be presented at the upcoming #AACR24 held April 5-10, 2024 in San Diego. $CRBU #CRISPR
2/CB-012 is an anti-CLL-1 CAR-T cell therapy engineered with five genome edits, enabled by @CaribouBio’s patented next-generation CRISPR technology platform, which uses Cas12a chRDNA Gene Editing platform to significantly improve the specificity of genome edits. $CRBU
@CaribouBio 3/CB-012 is the first allogeneic CAR-T cell therapy with both checkpoint disruption, through a PD-1 knockout, and immune cloaking, through a B2M knockout and B2M–HLA-E fusion protein insertion; both armoring strategies are designed to improve antitumor activity.
1/As promised and after reading $VERV latest Q4 & full year 2023 financial report here is my impression regarding @VerveTx latest corporate status. As always - I have focused only on the main issues that I found to be the most interesting & relevant. Here’s my🧵👇 $XBI #BioTech
2/IMO the most significant corporate event was @VerveTx announcement that the @US_FDA has cleared its Investigational New Drug (IND) Application for $VERV-101 in patients with HeFH. Verve is currently working to activate U.S. trial sites & intends to dose the first patient with VERVE-101 in the US along with its ongoing UK & New Zealand clinical sites.
@VerveTx @US_FDA 3/@VerveTx’s leading clinical program remains VERVE-101. $VERV-101 is a Gene Editing platform which uses Base editing to treat heterozygous hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) patients by permanently turning off the PCSK9 gene in the Liver and thus reducing disease-driving LDL-C.
1/As promised & after reading $NTLA latest Q4 & full year 2023 financial report here is my impression regarding @intelliatx latest corporate status. As always I have focused only on the main issues that I found to be the most interesting & relevant. Here is my 🧵👇 $XBI #BioTech
2/IMO the most significant corporate event was @intelliatx collaboration signed with @ReCodeTx - which uses tissue-specific delivery to power mRNA & gene correction therapeutics to develop novel medicines for the treatment of Cystic fibrosis based on $NTLA Gene Editing platform
3/Another major development - which was recently presented in the @jpmorgan’s health conference, was @intelliatx’s restructured pipeline & its new 2024-2026 main Strategic Priorities: 1. Trials for its 2 in vivo #CRISPR platforms - $NTLA-2001 & 2002 2. POC for $NTLA new CRISPR-in vivo targeted gene insertion & allogeneic ex vivo program 3. Developing new Gene editing programs outside the liver 4. DNA writing