FDA Approves First Topical Gene Therapy for Treatment of Wounds in Patients with Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

The US Food and Drug Administration approved Vyjuvek, a herpes-simplex virus type 1 vector-based gene therapy, for the treatment of wounds in patients six months of age and older with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa with mutation(s) in the collagen type VII alpha 1 chain gene.
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