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Urgent action needed to reduce high costs of gene therapies

Urgent action needed to reduce high costs of gene therapies

By Jane Byrne

The extremely high costs of gene therapies are unsustainable, and a global commitment to affordable, equitable access to these treatments is urgently needed, concluded the organising committee of a conference on human genome editing.

Sanofi to acquire Provention Bio for $2.9bn

Sanofi to acquire Provention Bio for $2.9bn

By Rachel Arthur

Sanofi will acquire US-based Provention Bio: gaining Tzield (teplizumab-mzwv), which was approved by the FDA last year as the first and only therapy to delay the onset of Stage 3 type 1 diabetes.