The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published draft guidance recommending GlaxoSmithKline’s gene therapy Strimvelis as an option for treating an ultra-rare immune deficiency condition commonly referred to as bubble baby syndrome.
UK regulators have awarded Orchard Therapeutics’ experimental ‘bubble baby’ disease therapy OTL-101 Promising Innovative Medicine status, pushing the drug closer to being accepted onto the Early Access to Medicines Scheme.