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PostSubject: The first gene therapy drug   The first gene therapy drug Icon_minitimeFri Jul 20, 2012 11:11 pm

European regulators have recommended approval of the Western world's first gene therapy drug -- after rejecting it on three previous occasions -- in a significant advance for the novel medical technology.

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More than 20 years since the first experiments with the ground-breaking method for fixing faulty genes, scientists and drug companies are still struggling to apply gene therapy in practice.

Friday's decision by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is a win for the drug's maker, the small Dutch biotech company uniQure, and a potential lifeline for patients with the ultra rare genetic disorder lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD).

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/20/us-genetherapy-europe-idUSBRE86J0M820120720
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