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. 2020 Dec 15;12(12):1216. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12121216

Table 1.

Gene therapy products launched around the world.

Product (Company) Vector Delivery Gene Target Disease Approved Country (Year) Reference
Gendicine (Shenzhen SiBiono GeneTech, Shenzhen, China) Adenovirus
(in vivo, IT)
Human wild-type p53 Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma China (2003)
Oncorine (Shanghai Sunway Biotech, Shanghai, China) Oncolytic adenovirus
(in vivo, IT)
Head and neck cancer China (2006) [26]
Rexin G (Epeius Biotechnology, Monrovia, CA, USA) Retrovirus
(in vivo, IV)
Mutant cyclin G1 Chemoresistant solid tumor Philippines (2007)
Neovagulgen (Human Stem Cell Institute, Moscow, Russia) Plasmid
(in vivo, IM)
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) Peripheral artery disease Russia (2011)
Ukraine (2013)
Glybera (Uniqure, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Discontinued
AAV1
(in vivo IM)
Lipoprotein lipase Lipoprotein lipase deficiency Europe (2012) [27]
Imlygic (Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA) Oncolytic HSV1
(in vivo, IT)
Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) Malignant melanoma America (2015)
Europe (2015)
[28]
Strimveils (GSK, Brentford, United Kingdam) Retrovirus
(ex vivo)
Adenosine deaminase (ADA) ADA deficiency Europe (2016) [29]
Zalmoxis (MolMed S.p.A, Milano, Italy) Retrovirus
(ex vivo)
Herpesvirus thymidine kinase Graft versus host disease Europe (2016)
Kymriah (Novartis, Basel, Switzerland) Retrovirus
(ex vivo)
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) against CD19 Acute lymphoblastic leukemia America (2017)
Europe (2018)
Japan (2019)
[30]
Yescarta (Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA, USA) Retrovirus
(ex vivo)
CAR against CD19 Large B cell lymphoma America (2017)
Europe (2018)
[31]
Luxturna (Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia, PA, USA) AAV2
(in vivo, SR)
RPE65 Retinal dystrophy America (2017)
Europe (2018)
Zynteglo (Bluebird Bio, Cambridge, MA, USA) Lentivirus
(ex vivo)
Beta-globin Beta thalassemia Europe (2019) [32]
Zolgensma (Novartis, Basel, Switzerland) AAV9
(in vivo, IV)
SMN1 Spinal mascular atrophy (SMA) America (2019)
Europe (2019)
[25]
Collategene (Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Osaka, Japan) Plasmid
(in vivo, IM)
HGF Critical limb ischemia Japan (2019)

IT: intra-tumor, IV: intravenous, IM: intra-muscular, SR: sub-retinal.