From Lab Through Launch

New clinical milestones, manufacturing investments, and regulatory incentives could help developers overcome barriers to delivering treatments for patients with rare diseases.

Genglycos, the gene therapy that earned the voucher, will fund new Ultragenyx therapies for other rare and ultra-rare diseases.

Series A led by Oxford Science Enterprises and up to $20 million in public funding will move cell-based mRNA production toward clinical-grade scale.

Rocket’s modified protocol keeps the first three patients in a 12-patient efficacy population, with topline Danon disease data expected in mid-2028.

New regulatory decisions, manufacturing partnerships, and financing pressures are reshaping access, supply, and development pathways for emerging advanced therapies.

Caribou is halting vispa-cel and CB-011, allogeneic CAR-T therapies that showed up to 92% response rates, citing a difficult financing environment.

Celltrion USA's Omlyclo, the first interchangeable biosimilar to Xolair, reaches the U.S. market across four allergic and inflammatory indications.

Alvotech turns to a CDMO's 40,000-liter Syracuse facility for biosimilar drug substance as it expands its manufacturing network.