WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services issued the following press release:

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Food and Drug Administration, today issued a draft guidance for industry to help sponsors develop and seek approval for personalized gene therapies designed to treat patients with rare genetic diseases. The guidance, Individualized Human Genome Editing Products: Considerations for BLA Submission and Postapproval Management, provides a clear regulatory framework for submitting and managing Biologics License Applications (BLAs) for individualized genome editing (GE) products. The Trump Administration is committed to modernizing approaches to safely get more cures and mea...