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Biogen’s salanersen receives FDA breakthrough therapy designation for spinal muscular atrophy
4 June 2026 - Biogen announced today that the US FDA has granted salanersen breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2026
FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation for calderasib (MK-1084), an investigational KRAS G12C inhibitor, for certain patients with newly diagnosed metastatic KRAS G12C mutant non-small cell lung cancer
29 May 2026 - First breakthrough therapy designation for calderasib, supported by positive data from the Phase 1 KANDLELIT-001 trial. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 May 2026
FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation to Vertanical's VER-01, a first in class non-opioid investigational treatment for chronic low back pain
18 May 2026 - Vertanical today announced that the US FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to VER-01, the company's ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 May 2026
Emiltatug ledadotin granted breakthrough therapy designation by the US FDA for adenoid cystic carcinoma
12 May 2026 - Servier today announced that the US FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to emiltatug ledadotin, an investigational ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2026
Prolong’s investigational therapy for acute ischaemic stroke, PP-007, receives FDA breakthrough therapy designation
30 April 2026 - Prolong Pharmaceuticals announced today that its investigational therapy, PP-007 (PEGylated carboxyhemoglobin, bovine), has received breakthrough therapy designation ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2026
Bepirovirsen accepted for priority review and granted breakthrough therapy designation by the US FDA
28 April 2026 - 26 October 2026 assigned by FDA as PDUFA date. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2026
Terns Pharmaceuticals announces FDA breakthrough therapy designation granted to TERN-701 for certain patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia
27 April 2026 - Terns Pharmaceuticals today announced that the US FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation to TERN-701, a novel, oral ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2026
GSK’s investigational liver therapy, efimosfermin, receives US FDA breakthrough therapy and EMA Priority Medicines (PRIME) designations for MASH
27 April 2026 - GSK today announced that efimosfermin, a once monthly investigational liver therapy, has been granted breakthrough therapy designation ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Apr 2026
Star Therapeutics receives FDA rare paediatric disease and breakthrough therapy designations for VGA039 in von Willebrand disease prophylaxis
21 April 2026 - VGA039 is a once monthly, subcutaneously self-administered investigational therapy for the treatment of bleeding disorders, initially being ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2026
CMS proposes rolling back breakthrough device payment flexibilities
15 April 2026 - The agency wants these devices to show meaningful improvement over existing alternatives. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2026
Fore Biotherapeutics receives breakthrough therapy designation for plixorafenib
1 April 2026 - Fore Biotherapeutics today announced that the US FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to plixorafenib for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2026
MeiraGTx announces FDA breakthrough therapy designation for AAV2-hAQP1 for the treatment of grade 2 and grade 3 radiation-induced xerostomia
26 March 2026 - FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation for AAV2-hAQP1 for the treatment of Grade 2 and Grade 3 late ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Mar 2026
Sanofi’s venglustat earns breakthrough therapy designation in the US for type 3 Gaucher disease
18 March 2026 - The US FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to venglustat, a novel, investigational oral glucosylceramide synthase ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2026
Hemab Therapeutics receives FDA breakthrough therapy designation for sutacimig in Glanzmann thrombasthenia
5 March 2026 - Sutacimig has potential to become a first in class prophylactic treatment for Glanzmann thrombasthenia, an inherited serious ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Feb 2026
Neurogene announces FDA breakthrough therapy designation for NGN-401 gene therapy for Rett syndrome
26 February 2026 - Breakthrough therapy designation granted based on interim NGN-401 Phase 1/2 data demonstrating clinically meaningful, durable and multi-domain ...