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CASGEVY Gets Bahrain approval for treatment, marking it second country in the world GlobeNewswire December 02, 2023 MANAMA, Bahrain, Dec. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bahrain has become the second country in the world and the first in the Middle East to approve the use of CASGEVY (exagamglogene autotemcel) for the treatment of patients with sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia. The treatment was developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics, after conducting a series of successful clinical trials in the UK, US, France, Italy, and Germany, among others. Following the UK MHRA’s authorisation to use CASGEVY, Bahrain is the second country in the world and the first in the region to approve this treatment.
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