Looming FDA Decisions Could Swell Number of Gene Therapies on Market

In its latest drug pipeline report, UnitedHealth Group-owned PBM Optum Rx takes a look at two high-priced gene therapies that are slated for FDA approval soon. But those are far from the only gene therapies that payers should be watching, an Optum Rx executive tells AIS Health.

Both drugs highlighted in Optum’s report, Zynteglo (betibeglogene autotemcel) and Skysona (elivaldogene autotemcel), are manufactured by bluebird bio, Inc., a Massachusetts-based biotech company. An FDA advisory panel in June recommended both drugs for approval. Currently, only two gene therapies are on the U.S. market: Luxturna and Zolgensma.

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Leslie Small

Leslie Small

Leslie has been reporting and editing in various journalism roles for nearly a decade. Most recently, she was the senior editor of FierceHealthPayer, an e-newsletter covering the health insurance industry. A graduate of Penn State University, she previously served in editing roles at newspapers in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Colorado.

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