Orchard Therapeutics has agreed to lower the price of its £2.8m gene therapy for children with metachromatic leukodystrophy following negotiations with the National Health Service. Meanwhile, reimbursement efforts in the rest of Europe are also gaining speed and a US filing is planned.
Libmeldy, the one-off gene therapy for children with a rare, life-limiting neurodegenerative disorder, will be made available on the National Health Service in England after Orchard Therapeutics dropped the price it was asking for what is reportedly the world’s most expensive drug.
The NHS said that Libmeldy (atidarsagene autotemcel) would be offered as treatment for metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) after it negotiated “a...
The UK will require all antibiotic manufacturers looking to apply for funding under its subscription payment model to demonstrate they are meeting waste discharge standards in a bid to reduce antimicrobial resistance.
Pharmaceutical companies should only use AI in evidence generation and reporting where there is “demonstrable value from doing so,” according to England’s health technology assessment body, NICE.
While the drug regulator has approved Eisai/Biogen’s early Alzheimer’s disease treatment, the health technology assessment institute is worried that its benefits are too small to justify its costs – a concern that Eisai has pledged to address.
It is “absolutely fundamental” that manufacturers of cell and gene therapies interact with inspectors from regulatory agencies to understand their expectations around good manufacturing practice, a compliance consultant at CDMO eXmoor pharma says.
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Companies dealing with commercial costings or contracts with the National Health Service for early phase clinical trials or trials of advanced therapy medicinal products should soon be able to conclude their negotiations more quickly.
As the planet heats up and sea levels rise, the need to reduce carbon emissions is becoming ever more urgent. The life sciences industry is just one of many that are looking to cut the carbon it produces.
