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ArticleBiomedicines2025

Scientific Advancements in Gene Therapies: Opportunities for Global Regulatory Convergence.

Jimi Olaghere, David A Williams, Jeremy Farrar, Hildegard Büning, Cecelia Calhoun, Tony Ho, Maneesha S Inamdar, David Liu, Julie Makani, Kwasi Nyarko and 5 more

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Article in Biomedicines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Jimi OlaghereSugarloaf Capital, Atlanta, GA 30309, USA.
David A WilliamsBoston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Jeremy FarrarWorld Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Genève, Switzerland.
Hildegard BüningHannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Cecelia CalhounSchool of Medicine, Yale University, Orange, CT 06477, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4997-1532
Tony HoPivotal Lifesciences, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3489-3594
Maneesha S InamdarInstitute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, Bangalore 560065, India.ORCID 0000-0002-8243-2821
David LiuBroad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Julie MakaniDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (Tanzania), Dar-Es-Salaam P.O. Box 65001, Tanzania.ORCID 0000-0002-4801-6250
Kwasi NyarkoWHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO-AFRO), Cité du Djoué, Brazzaville P.O. Box 06, Congo.
Sol RuizSpanish Medicines Agency (AEMPS), C/Campezo, 1, Edificio 8, 28022 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2937-0916
John TisdaleNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Joseph M McCuneGates Foundation, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Esther BoadiReagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA, Washington, DC 20036, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-3183-4435
Reagan-Udall Foundation For The Fda

Funding

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation INV-073968World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

On 4 September 2024, the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA (FDA Foundation) in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Gates Foundation hosted a workshop titled "Scientific Advancements in Gene Therapies: Opportunities for Global Regulatory Convergence". The event brought together a diverse group of experts, including international regulatory bodies, regulated industries, healthcare professionals, patients, academic researchers and global health advocates, to discuss the rapid advancements in gene therapy and the pressing need for equitable access in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), with sickle cell disease (SCD) serving as the model disorder for the discussions. Although there has been significant progress in gene therapy, such as breakthroughs in clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based technologies and FDA-approved therapies, access to these therapies remain limited in underresourced regions. The workshop addressed critical challenges, including the high cost of therapies, regulatory gaps and barriers and ethical concerns regarding informed consent and public engagement in LMICs. This paper highlights the critical discussion points from the workshop with a focus on exploring strategies for global regulatory convergence, the role of international collaborations and the potential pathways to making gene therapies affordable and accessible to all.

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chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR T cell)clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)gene therapylow-and middle-income countries (LMICs)sickle cell disease (SCD)

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PMID40149734
PMCPMC11940732

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