US FDA review for Scenesse extended by three months

3 June 2019 - The FDA sets new goal date of 6 October 2019 to complete review and issue risk-benefit decision. ...

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FDA undercuts $375,000 drug in surprise move

8 May 2019 - The US FDA created a workaround this week that effectively undercuts the $375,000 price tag of ...

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Priority review vouchers have helped to improve access to drugs targeting neglected diseases

22 April 2019 - The FDA priority review vouchers for neglected tropical diseases are aimed to incentivise pharmaceutical companies to ...

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Drug makers continue to clamour for FDA approval of orphan drugs

28 March 2019 - Orphan drugs may serve small groups of patients, but they generate big numbers at the Food ...

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FDA takes new steps to advance natural history studies for accelerating novel treatments for rare diseases

22 March 2019 - The U.S. FDA today issued the draft guidance, Rare Diseases: Natural History Studies for Drug Development.  ...

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FDA grants rare paediatric disease designation to odiparcil for the treatment of MPS VI

5 March 2019 - Inventiva eligible to receive priority review voucher upon approval of odiparcil for the treatment of MPS VI. ...

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FDA is working to bridge gaps and meet needs for rare disease product development

28 February 2019 - There are approximately 7,000 rare diseases affecting an estimated 30 million people in the United States.  ...

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U.S. FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation to Amicus’ AT-GAA in late onset Pompe disease

25 February 2019 - First breakthrough therapy for an investigational treatment in Pompe disease. ...

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FDA grants priority review and accepts sBLA of Soliris (eculizumab) as a treatment for patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

22 February 2019 - FDA sets action date of 28 June 2019. ...

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Cerecor receives fast track designation from FDA for CERC-801 for the treatment of PGM1 deficiency

19 February 2019 - Cerecor announced today that the U.S. FDA has designated fast track designation for CERC-801, an ultra-pure, oral ...

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Sarepta announces FDA acceptance of golodirsen (SRP-4053) new drug application for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy amenable to skipping exon 53

14 February 2019 - FDA grants priority review status. ...

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FDA updates guidance on development of rare disease therapies

17 January 2019 - The FDA has revised its draft guidance for developing rare disease treatments to include the use ...

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US FDA accepts regulatory submissions for review of tafamidis to treat transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy

14 January 2019 - FDA grants a priority review based on Phase 3 ATTR-ACT study findings. ...

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US FDA sets PDUFA date for Scenesse

10 January 2019 - FDA does not plan to hold advisory committee meeting. ...

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Federal officials call out FDA over lapses in rare-disease drug approval

5 December 2018 - The 1983 Orphan Drug Act motivated pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs for people who lacked treatments ...

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