PORTLAND, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University and other institutions have discovered a type of drug delivery system that may offer new hope for patients with a rare, ultimately fatal genetic disorder – and make what might become a terrible choice a little easier. No treatment currently exists for …
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FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Vtesse’s Drug for Treatment of a Rare Genetic Disease
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Vtesse, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its drug candidate, VTS-270 for treatment of Niemann-Pick Type C1 Disease (NPC), Breakthrough Therapy designation status. Both the FDA and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had previously granted Orphan Drug status …