Ferring bags Adstiladrin FDA approval in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

Ferring bags Adstiladrin FDA approval in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

Swiss biopharmaceutical company Ferring Pharmaceuticals has received approval for its Adstiladrin (nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg) gene therapy from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of a type of bladder cancer in adult patients. Adstiladrin, which is an adenovirus vector-based gene therapy, is indicated for treating high-risk, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) […]

Ferring, Blackstone invest $570m in nadofaragene firadenovec gene therapy

Ferring, Blackstone invest $570m in nadofaragene firadenovec gene therapy

Ferring Pharmaceuticals, a Swiss specialty biopharmaceutical group, has teamed up with private investment platform Blackstone Life Sciences to jointly invest more than $570 million in nadofaragene firadenovec (rAd-IFN/Syn3), an investigational gene therapy. Currently, nadofaragene firadenovec is in late-stage development for the treatment of patients with high-grade, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) unresponsive, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). […]