Alexion submits application for priority review and approval of ALXN1210 as a treatment for patients with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria in the U.S.

19 June 2018 - Submission in the European Union on track for mid-year and in Japan for the second half of ...

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FDA grants rare paediatric disease designation to Cellectar Biosciences’ CLR 131 for the treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma

6 June 2018 - Cellectar Biosciences announces today that the U.S. FDA has granted rare paediatric disease designation to CLR 131, ...

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U.S. FDA grants fast track designation for Krystal Biotech’s KB103 for the treatment of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

24 May 2018 - Krystal Biotech today announces that the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation to KB103 for ...

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BioMarin receives standard approval for Palynziq (pegvaliase-pqpz) injection for treatment of adults with phenylketonuria, a rare enetic Disease

24 May 2018 - First enzyme therapy to treat phenylketonuria. ...

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RegenxBio receives FDA fast track designation for RGX-121 gene therapy for the treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis Type II

2 May 2018 - Phase I/II clinical trial expected to enrol children with MPS II. ...

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Synlogic receives fast track designation for SYNB1618, a synthetic biotic medicine for the treatment of phenylketonuria

25 April 2018 - Phase 1/2a clinical study of SYNB1618 evaluating safety and tolerability as well as exploratory endpoints expected ...

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Price tag for newly approved Crysvita is "responsible," says PBM Express Scripts

18 April 2018 - Taking the rebates that it expects to negotiate into consideration, Ultragenyx said that burosumab will cost approximately ...

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FDA, industry ponder changes to clinical trials for rare disease treatments

19 March 2018 - FDA statisticians pondered changing how the agency uses statistics to approve drugs for rare disease at ...

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Taking new steps to meet the challenges of rare diseases — FDA marks the 11th Rare Disease Day

26 February 2018 - Today 30 million people in the United States – or one out of every 10 Americans – ...

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Developing anti-cancer drugs in orphan molecular entities — a paradigm under construction

22 February 2018 - Genomic characterisation of cancers has shown that some oncogenic alterations occur at very low frequency and are ...

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PTC Therapeutics receives formal dispute resolution request decision from the FDA's Office of New Drugs

20 February 2018 - PTC Therapeutics today announced that the Office of New Drugs of the U.S. FDA has reiterated ...

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FDA approves Symdeko (tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor) to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis in people ages 12 and older with certain mutations in the CFTR gene

12 February 2018 - Symdeko to begin shipping to pharmacies this week. ...

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U.S. FDA files new drug application under priority review for migalastat for treatment of Fabry disease

12 February 2018 - Six month PDUFA goal date is 13 August 2018. ...

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Capricor receives FDA regenerative medicine advanced therapy designation for Duchenne muscular dystrophy therapy

5 February 2018 - CAP-1002 to benefit from expedited review program for drugs for unmet needs. ...

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Alnylam announces FDA acceptance of new drug application and priority review status for patisiran, an investigational RNAi therapeutic for the treatment of hereditary ATTR amyloidosis

1 February 2018 - PDUFA date set for 11 August 2018. ...

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