Akcea and Ionis announce acceptance of marketing applications in US, EU and Canada for volanesorsen for the treatment of FCS

15 November 2017 - FDA Prescription Drug User Fee Act goal date set for 30 August 2018. ...

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FDA approves treatment for rare genetic enzyme disorder

15 November 2017 - The U.S. FDA today approved Mepsevii (vestronidase alfa-vjbk) to treat pediatric and adult patients with an ...

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FDA approves first treatment for certain patients with Erdheim-Chester Disease, a rare blood cancer

6 November 2017 - FDA expands approval of Zelboraf (vemurafenib) to treat certain adult patients with Erdheim-Chester Disease, a rare cancer ...

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FDA grants rare paediatric disease designation to ArQule's miransertib (ARQ 092) for the treatment of Proteus syndrome

1 November 2017 - ArQule today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted rare paediatric disease designation to miransertib (ARQ ...

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Atara Biotherapeutics receives rare paediatric disease designation from FDA for ATA230 for treatment of congenital cytomegalovirus infection

26 October 2017 - Atara Biotherapeutics today announced that ATA230 was granted rare paediatric disease designation for the treatment of ...

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PTC Therapeutics receives complete response letter for ataluren's NDA

25 October 2017 - PTC Therapeutics today announced that the Office of Drug Evaluation I of the U.S. FDA has ...

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The lifecycle of a rare disease cancer drug

10 October 2017 - One pharma company’s medicine illustrates how firms can benefit from different layers of market-exclusivity protections. ...

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FDA awards six grants for natural history studies in rare diseases

6 October 2017 - The U.S. FDA today announced it has awarded six new research grants for natural history studies ...

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FDA awards 15 grants for clinical trials to stimulate product development for rare diseases

6 October 2017 - The U.S. FDA today announced that it has awarded 15 new clinical trial research grants totalling ...

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U.S. FDA grants fast track designation for Amicus Therapeutics' migalastat for treatment of Fabry disease

19 September 2017 - New drug application submission on track for 4Q17. ...

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FDA’s Gottlieb plans to close an orphan drug loophole

12 September 2017 - Amid rising complaints that drug makers are exploiting loopholes to win approval of so-called orphan drugs, ...

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FDA is advancing the goals of the Orphan Drug Act

12 September 2017 - Three months ago, I committed to fully eliminate a backlog of about 200 orphan drug designation requests ...

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Sobi receives approval from the FDA for once-daily dosing frequency of Orfadin for the treatment of HT-1

5 September 2017 - Sobi has received approval from the U.S. FDA for a reduced dosing frequency for Orfadin (nitisinone) ...

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Global Blood Therapeutics receives rare paediatric disease designation from FDA for GBT440 for treatment of sickle cell disease

5 September 2017 - Global Blood Therapeutics today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted rare paediatric disease designation to GBT440 ...

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FDA approves Kalydeco (ivacaftor) for more than 600 people ages 2 and older with cystic fibrosis who have certain residual function mutations

1 August 2017 -  Vertex Pharmaceuticals today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Kalydeco (ivacaftor) ...

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