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AquaStar and Kroger are recalling over 85,000 bags of shrimp across 31 states due to potential contamination with radioactive cesium-137, although no tests have confirmed contamination yet. Consumers are advised not to eat the affected products and to return or dispose of them.
The US FDA has approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics' gene therapy, Casgevy, for treating transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia in patients 12 years and older, making it the second US approval for the therapy. Casgevy, priced at $2.2 million, is the first treatment based on CRISPR gene editing technology to secure approval for this disorder in the United States, with an estimated peak sales of about $400 million. This therapy offers hope for patients with the severe form of the disorder, which causes life-threatening anemia requiring frequent blood transfusions.