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

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a pivotal role in fostering the development of treatments for rare diseases through its Orphan Products Grants Program. who intend to evaluate a drug, biologic, medical device, or food for medical purposes that targets a rare disease in a clinical trial. By Sarah Wicks & James E.

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LIB Therapeutics’ Cholesterol Lowering Med Lerodalcibep Receives FDA BLA Acceptance

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The FDA has set a prescription drug user fee act (PDUFA) target action date of December 12, 2025, and currently does not plan to hold an advisory committee meeting regarding the application. We look forward to working with regulators to make lerodalcibep available to patients around the world.

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Former FDAer Dr. Ellis F. Unger Joins Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. as Principal Drug Regulatory Expert

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Unger has joined the firm as a Principal Drug Regulatory Expert. Dr. Unger is a cardiologist and former Director of the Office of Drug Evaluation-I in FDA’s Office of New Drugs in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (“CDER”). He completed his cardiology training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1987.

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Tryngolza (Olezarsen) Becomes First FDA-Approved Drug for Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome

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Ionis Pharmaceuticals recently announced that its drug, Tryngolza (olezarsen), has been approved as an adjunct to diet for the reduction of triglyceride levels in FCS patients, who have long faced a condition with no existing pharmacological solutions. In the Balance study, patients who received the drug showed a 42.5

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Novartis tries to rescue stalled inclisiran filing with FDA

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Novartis has tried to get its marketing application for high cholesterol therapy inclisiran in the US back on track, after the FDA rejected it last year, by changing the factory that makes the drug. Novartis added inclisiran to its pipeline after buying The Medicines Company, which had licensed the drug from Alnylam, for $9.7

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FDA fast tracks Bayer’s oral anticoagulant asundexian

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The FDA has granted fast-track status to Bayer’s oral Factor Xia inhibitor asundexian, which is in phase 2 testing as an anticoagulant that could offer safety advantages over current drugs. All three studies are looking at the drug on its own and in combination with anti-platelet therapies like aspirin and clopidogrel.

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Agent Drug-Coated Balloon: A New Era in Coronary In-Stent Restenosis Treatment

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Boston Scientific’s Agent drug-coated balloon (DCB) for treating coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Key Features of the Agent Drug-Coated Balloon One of the standout features of the Agent DCB is its TransPax Coating Technology.

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