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Project brings together Novartis drug discovery and gene therapy expertise and funding support from the Gates Foundation
Agreement aims to address disparity in access to treatments and to prioritize populations and regions that bear the
greatest burden of sickle cell disease in the search for curative therapies
Effort expands on Novartis commitment to sickle cell disease, which includes a therapeutic pipeline and a holistic approach to diagnosis, treatment, and management of the disease in sub-Saharan Africa
Basel, February 17, 2021 - Novartis today announced that it has entered into a grant agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As part of the agreement, the foundation will provide funding support for the discovery and development of a single-administration,
BASEL, SWITZERLAND,
February 17, 2021 /3BL Media/ Novartis today announced that it has entered into a grant agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As part of the agreement, the foundation will provide funding support for the discovery and development of a single-administration,
in vivo gene therapy to cure sickle cell disease (SCD). The project brings together Novartis drug discovery and gene therapy expertise with the Gates Foundation’s charitable objectives to expand access to healthcare in low-resource settings in an effort to address this potentially life-threatening genetic disease.
“Existing gene therapy approaches to sickle cell disease are difficult to deliver at scale and there are obstacles to reaching the vast majority of those affected by this debilitating disease,” said Jay Bradner, a hematologist and President of the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR). “This is a challenge that calls for collective action, and we are thrill
Deputies have arrested three men for spraying gunfire at a home on Kalamazoo Trail the evening of Thursday, Jan. 28. Although 35 shell casings were recovered from the scene and a pregnant woman was at the house at the time of the shooting, no one was injured.
In interviews with detectives after their arrests, the suspects said they d initially driven to the house on Kalamazoo so that one of the suspects could fight one of the residents.
But when they reached the resident by phone, and he said he wasn t home he was in Daytona Beach plans changed. I did not come all this way for nothing. We are shooting up the house, suspect Randy Alexandre had said, according to one of the other suspects accounts to a deputy.
Melbourne Recital Centre is hosting a free outdoor gig series featuring a bunch of Melbourne DJs
Melbourne Recital Centre is hosting a free outdoor gig series featuring a bunch of Melbourne DJs
With sets from the likes of DJ JNETT, Elle Shimada, College of Knowledge, Sophie McAlister and loads more.
Melbourne Recital Centre has joined forces with Crown Ruler to bring three months of live music to Southbank. Titled Sweet Summer Suite, the series will showcase some of Melbourne’s freshest and finest DJs with weekly sets in Melbourne Recital Centre’s brand new Forecourt.
Launched on Thursday January 14, the series will run until Saturday March 27, featuring two shows every week on Thursdays and Saturdays.
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