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Regulator and Funder? FDA’s Orphan Products Grants Program awards significant funding to help move promising treatments through clinical development

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a pivotal role in fostering the development of treatments for rare diseases through its Orphan Products Grants Program. Each year, FDA selects a limited number of clinical trials to fund to help sponsors pursue development of medical products for rare diseases and advance their field.

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U.S. FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to Riliprubart for Treating Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

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FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Solid Organ Transplantation The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to riliprubart , an investigational immunology therapy developed by Sanofi, for the treatment of antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in solid organ transplantation.

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Challenges in Clinical Development of Products for Rare Disease

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There are over 7,000 rare diseases affecting more than 30 million people in the United States, and despite the FDA's approval of over 600 treatments for rare diseases since signing the Orphan Drug Act into law in 1983, most rare diseases still do not have a treatment.

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EC Approves CAR-T Therapy Using AGC Biologics’ Lentiviral Vectors

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The approval authorizes AUCATZYL® for the treatment of adult patients aged 26 and older diagnosed with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (r/r B-ALL) in all 27 European Union member states. FDA approval in November 2024, and a U.K.

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Good things come in 3s

SugarCone Biotech

Tarlatamab triggered an ORR of ~40% in refractory (second-line or later) SCLC patients in the DeLLphi-301 clinical trial published in 2023. The tarlatamab results have of course triggered a stampede of development of DLL3-targeted therapies. This Phase 3 trial compared tarlatamab with chemotherapy as second-line treatment.

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First Patient Dosed in Phase 3 REVEAL Trial of ION582 for Angelman Syndrome

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Ionis Pharmaceuticals has a well-established track record in the development of antisense therapies for neurological disorders. With eight wholly owned neurology programs currently in clinical development, Ionis continues to expand its pipeline targeting a diverse array of rare and more prevalent neurological disorders.

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Leniolisib

New Drug Approvals

5] Leniolisib was approved for medical use in the United States in March 2023. [5] 5] [7] [8] It is the first approved medication for the treatment of activated PI3K delta syndrome. [5] 5] The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers it to be a first-in-class medication. [9] “Leniolisib: First Approval” Drugs.