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US FDA AdComm For Vertex’s Sickle Cell Gene Therapy ‘Not A Concern’

 
• By Ayisha Sharma

The US biotech revealed the US Food and Drug Administration would be holding an advisory committee meeting for exa-cel during its second quarter earnings, but analysts are unfazed by the news amid robust revenues and raised guidance.  

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Sickle Cell Disease Affects Around 100,000 People In The US • Source: Shutterstock
Key Takeaways:

  • Sales of cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta rose due to uptake in the younger pediatric population.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated/CRISPR Therapeutics AG’s gene therapy candidate for inherited blood disorders, exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel), will be subject to a US advisory committee meeting, but analysts remained unconcerned amid decent Q2 revenues and other upcoming milestones.

The firm’s second-quarter revenues increased by 14% to $2.49bn, driven by the strong uptake of its cystic fibrosis treatment Trikafta/Kaftrio...

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