Abeona Therapeutics said its gene-corrected cell therapy, called pz-cel (prademagene zamikeracel), for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), is…
Marisa Wexler, MS
Marisa holds a Master of Science in cellular and molecular pathology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied novel genetic drivers of ovarian cancer. Her areas of expertise include cancer biology, immunology, and genetics, and she has worked as a science writing and communications intern for the Genetics Society of America.
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Articles by Marisa Wexler, MS
Almirall has licensed rights to develop and commercialize ZKN-013, an experimental oral treatment for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis…
The gene therapy beremagene geperpavec (B-VEC), applied directly as eye drops, improved the vision in a boy with eye scarring…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s review of pz-cel (prademagene zamikeracel), a gene-corrected cell therapy for recessive dystrophic…
Treatment with baricitinib or upadacitinib, two approved medications for rheumatoid arthritis, may be effective for relieving itching in some people…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Filsuvez (birch triterpenes) to treat skin wounds in patients with…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review to an application seeking approval of pz-cel (prademagene zamikeracel)…
EB Research Partnership (EBRP), an organization dedicated to funding research into treatments for epidermolysis bullosa (EB), has raised more…
Itch is a common symptom with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) and available treatments are generally inadequate for managing…
Paradigm Therapeutics has acquired worldwide rights to SD-101, an investigational cream that’s being developed as a whole-body therapy to…
The use of biological anti-inflammatory therapies effectively controlled epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) in four people with the disease, a…
Abeona Therapeutics has submitted a data briefing package on its cell therapy candidate EB-101 to the U.S. Food…