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flag The EU’s top drug agency recommended approval of Waskyra, a non-profit-developed gene therapy for a rare genetic disorder in boys, pending final EU approval.

flag The European Medicines Agency’s CHMP has recommended approval of Waskyra, a gene therapy for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, a rare genetic disorder affecting mostly boys. flag Developed by Italy’s Fondazione Telethon, it uses a patient’s own stem cells modified with a lentiviral vector to deliver a functional WAS gene. flag The therapy, which requires chemotherapy before reinfusion of corrected cells, has shown significant reductions in severe infections and bleeding in clinical trials. flag It is the first non-profit-led gene therapy to reach regulatory approval, with the U.S. FDA still reviewing its application. flag Approval in the EU is pending final decision by the European Commission.

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