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DewDiligence

04/10/15 7:53 PM

#189827 RE: poorgradstudent #189826

What, exactly, did the control-arm patients receive?

mcbio

04/10/15 9:09 PM

#189829 RE: poorgradstudent #189826

Re: QURE/CLDN

Sorry if I missed it, but are you generally more optimistic on what BMY aims to do in collaboration with QURE on the gene therapy cardio front or are you as skeptical on that approach as you are with what CLDN is doing?

lgonber

04/11/15 2:13 PM

#189836 RE: poorgradstudent #189826

thanks for your reply, as you have worked with AAV vectors, I am interested in your opinion, as Ia also have discussed with cardiologysts in the clinic, looking forward to FDA approval on the drug. I know you dont intend to bash my investment. And I like to hear both bull and bear thesis, I also assume there is a continuous research and improvement in vectors and things that could not be done in the past, can be done today.
To determine Mydicar's efficacy, researchers calculated changes over six months in seven different scales typically used to assess heart-failure patients. The analysis found that the high dose of Mydicar demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in heart-failure measurements compared to a placebo. Through three years of additional follow-up, the high dose of Mydicar reduced the risk of hospitalization by 82%.In the 2014 published study of CUPID-1 follow-up, researchers were able to obtain biopsies of cardiac tissue from 11 patients. In three of four patients infused with the high dose of Mydicar, persistent presence of the transferred gene was found. (3 out of fore, is not "some", is "most of them)
Breakthrough therapy designation by FDA is not handed out to anyone.

lgonber

04/13/15 6:38 AM

#189859 RE: poorgradstudent #189826

CLDN, PGS, I would like to see your comments, regarding this article published last week at nature http://www.nature.com/news/mini-enzyme-moves-gene-editing-closer-to-the-clinic-1.17234
and how these researchers are able to package into AAV vector