Sales of Philadelphia-born gene therapy product hit $27M during first year

In its first year, Luxturna — the first Food and Drug Administrative-approved gene therapy treatment for an inherited disease — generated $27 million in sales for Philadelphia-based Spark Therapeutics. Spark said it has shipped 75 vials of Luxturna, a one-time gene therapy used to treat adult and pediatric patients with v ision loss caused by inherited retinal dystrophy from a genetic mutation. The inherited retinal disorder, which leads to blindness if untreated, afflicts an estimated 1,000…
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