Kala Pharmaceuticals receives FDA fast track designation for KPI-012, a human MSC-S therapy for persistent corneal epithelial defect

Kala Pharmaceuticals

12 April 2023 - Kala Pharmaceuticals today announced that the US FDA has granted fast track designation for Kala’s human mesenchymal stem cell secretome therapy (KPI-012) for the treatment of persistent corneal epithelial defect, a rare and debilitating ocular condition.

In February 2023, Kala dosed the first patient in its CHASE (Corneal Healing After SEcretome therapy) Phase 2b trial evaluating KPI-012 for the treatment of persistent corneal epithelial defect.

Read Kala Pharmaceuticals press release 

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