Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Sep 2022
bluebird bio receives FDA accelerated approval for Skysona gene therapy for early, active cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy
16 September 2022 - Skysona is the first FDA approved therapy shown to slow the progression of neurologic dysfunction in boys with this devastating and fatal neurodegenerative disease; wholesale acquisition cost set at $3 million.
bluebird bio today announced the US FDA has granted accelerated approval of Skysona (elivaldogene autotemcel), also known as eli-cel, to slow the progression of neurologic dysfunction in boys 4-17 years of age with early, active cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy.
