The US FDA's early approval of Spark Therapeutics Inc.'s Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec-rzyl) for inherited vision loss – the third gene therapy licensed in 2017 – created an opening for Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to highlight the agency's plans in the coming year to further align its policy framework with the burgeoning scientific field.
On Dec. 19, FDA licensed Luxturna, an adeno-associated virus vector-based gene therapy, for treatment of patients with confirmed biallelic RPE65...






