Experience and data from the study, which will use the same vector platform to deliver different transgenes for different diseases, could feed into the US FDA’s efforts to establish a public-private partnership to enable manufacturing of gene therapies for ultra-rare diseases.
A National Institutes of Health pilot project could help accelerate clinical development of “n of 1” gene therapies through creation of a common platform vector and manufacturing process.
The initiative, led by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), also could inform the establishment of a public-private...
In what could amount to a de facto enforcement mechanism, the new draft guidance also “strongly encourages” sponsors to share details about their diversity action plan and enrollment goals with the public.
Long-term follow-up requirements have taken a conservative approach but could be ripe for re-examination and global harmonization given the years of experience with the products, Kite Pharma executive director says; former FDA gene/cell therapy office head Wilson Bryan calls for elimination of the classwide REMS.
Program for collaborative reviews of gene therapy applications is getting under way with the European Medicines Agency. After launch, the pilot could be expanded to earlier discussions around CMC and pharm/tox data requirements, FDA’s Nicole Verdun said.
