Cell therapy

Case-based learning: complex decision making when using advanced therapy investigational medicinal products

Advanced therapy investigational medicinal products (ATIMPs) are increasingly the subject of clinical trials. What happens when an ATIMP is necessary for a patient but does not fit the study specifications?…

Advanced therapy medicinal products: a comprehensive overview for pharmacy professionals

An overview of the clinical, institutional, regulatory, safety and economic considerations of advanced therapy medicinal products.…

More than 70 new advanced therapy medicinal products could be available in the UK by 2024

As many as 72 new advanced therapy medicinal products could be available in the UK by 2024, according to horizon scanning by the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service.…

New cell and gene therapy manufacturing centre to help grow industry in UK

The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, which aims to make the UK a world leader in development, delivery, and commercialisation of cell and gene therapy, has opened a new manufacturing centre to accelerate growth of the industry in the UK.…

Heart failure drug Entresto wins Innovative Product at 2016 UK Prix Galien awards

Novartis has scooped one of the top 2016 UK Prix Galien Awards, considered to be the highest accolades that can be awarded to a pharmaceutical product. The Innovative Product Award was given to its heart failure treatment, Entresto (sacubitril/valsartan), the firs…

T-cell therapies for cancer: from outsider to pharmaceutical darling

Less than a decade ago, work on T-cell therapies by a handful of researchers was snubbed by their peers but now the field has exploded, money has poured in and there is a race on to see who can bring the technology to patients the quickest.…

Advanced therapy medicinal products present challenges for pharmacists

Few pharmacists have experience handling advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) — medicines based on genes, cells or tissue engineering — but the field is likely to grow and presents special challenges for pharmacists.…

Turning skin cells into pancreatic beta cells could help treat diabetes

Reprogrammed skin stem cells protected mice from chemically-induced diabetes, study shows.…

Asthma therapies get personal

A new crop of biologic drugs promises to usher asthma treatment into the realm of personalised medicine.…