EMA: First gene therapy to treat rare disease Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

EMA has recommended granting a marketing authorisation in the European Union (EU) for Waskyra (etuvetidigene autotemcel) to treat people aged 6 months and older with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) who have a mutation in the WAS gene. Waskyra is used to treat patients for whom a haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is appropriate, but for whom no suitable stem cell donor is available.