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Candel Therapeutics receives FDA regenerative medicine advanced therapy designation for CAN-2409 for the treatment of prostate cancer
28 May 2025 - Candel Therapeutics today announced that the US FDA has granted regenerative medicine advanced therapy designation to CAN-2409 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2025
Ocugen announces rare paediatric disease designation granted for OCU410ST—modifier gene therapy for the treatment of Stargardt disease
27 May 2025 - Ocugen today announced that the US FDA has granted rare paediatric disease designation for OCU410ST for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 May 2025
ICER publishes final evidence report on treatment for retinitis pigmentosa
15 May 2025 - Independent appraisal committee voted that current evidence is adequate to demonstrate a net health benefit of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2025
RegenxBio announces FDA acceptance and priority review of the BLA for RGX-121 for MPS II
13 May 2025 - FDA assigns PDUFA target action date of 9 November 2025. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2025
MeiraGTx granted FDA regenerative medicine advanced therapy designation for AAV-GAD for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease
9 May 2025 - This RMAT designation is based on data from 3 clinical studies demonstrating the potential benefit of AAV-GAD ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2025
US FDA approves Zevaskyn (prademagene zamikeracel), the first and only cell-based gene therapy for patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
29 April 2025 - Rare paediatric disease priority review voucher granted by FDA. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Apr 2025
Innorna announces FDA rare paediatric disease designation granted to IN013 for treatment of Wilson disease
25 February 2025 - Innorna is thrilled to announce that the US FDA has granted rare paediatric disease designation to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Apr 2025
uniQure announces FDA breakthrough therapy designation granted to AMT-130 for the treatment of Huntington’s disease
17 April 2025 - Breakthrough therapy designation based on clinical evidence from Phase I/II trials showing meaningful slowing of disease progression. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2025
Precision BioSciences receives US FDA fast track designation for PBGENE-HBV, a first in class gene editing therapy designed to eliminate the root cause of chronic hepatitis B
15 April 2025 - Precision BioSciences today announced that the US FDA has granted fast track designation for PBGENE-HBV, the Company’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2025
Verve Therapeutics receives US FDA fast track designation for VERVE-102, an in vivo base editing medicine targeting PCSK9
11 April 2025 - Verve Therapeutics today announced that the US FDA has granted fast track designation for VERVE-102 for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Mar 2025
Alnylam announces FDA approval of Amvuttra (vutrisiran), the first RNAi therapeutic to reduce cardiovascular death, hospitalisations and urgent heart failure visits in adults with ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy
20 March 2025 - Only therapeutic approved in the US to address both cardiomyopathy and polyneuropathy manifestations of ATTR amyloidosis. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Mar 2025
Atsena Therapeutics granted US FDA fast track designation for ATSN-201 gene therapy to treat X-linked retinoschisis
12 March 2025 - Marks third FDA designation for ATSN-201, which has also received rare paediatric disease designation and orphan drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Mar 2025
Wainzua (eplontersen) approved in the EU for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis in adults with stage 1 or stage 2 polyneuropathy
10 March 2025 - Second major approval for Wainzua, which is marketed in the US as Wainua. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2025
Neurotech’s Encelto (revakinagene taroretcel-lwey) approved by the FDA for the treatment of macular telangiectasia type 2
6 March 2025 - Encelto is the first and only FDA approved treatment for macular telangiectasia type 2. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2025
Qalsody (tofersen injection) receives conditional marketing authorisation from Health Canada as the first ALS treatment targeting a genetic cause
3 March 2025 - Biogen's second rare disease therapy to be approved in Canada reflects a continued commitment to advancing ...