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Dompé Announces The EMA Has Granted Orphan Drug Designation To Its rhNGF-Based Treatment For Retinitis Pigmentosa
2013-07-01 09:05:00| drugdiscoveryonline News Articles
Dompé, a leading company in research & development of novel treatment solutions for rare diseases, announces its investigational drug based on the recombinant human nerve growth factor (rhNGF) for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) has been granted orphan drug designation
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Alexion's Soliris (eculizumab) Receives Orphan Drug Designation For The Treatment Of Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO)
2013-06-27 18:50:00| drugdiscoveryonline News Articles
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced that Soliris (eculizumab), the company’s first-in-class terminal complement inhibitor, has been granted an orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of neuromyelitis optica (NMO), a life-threatening, ultra-rare neurological disorder
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Orphan drugmaker ViroPharma attracts takeover interest -sources
2013-06-17 20:28:18| Biotech - Topix.net
ViroPharma Inc is attracting preliminary interest from several pharmaceutical companies about buying the orphan drugmaker, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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Potential ViroPharma drug receives orphan status
2013-06-11 17:43:46| Biotech - Topix.net
European regulators have granted orphan drug status to a potential ViroPharma Inc. treatment for a virus that can lead to serious disease or death in people with compromised immune systems.
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Exelixis Selects Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB as COMETRIQa European...
2013-02-22 01:10:33| Appliances - Topix.net
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & STOCKHOLM -- -- Exelixis, Inc. and Swedish Orphan Biovitrum today announced that they have entered into a three-year agreement to support the distribution and commercialization of COMETRIQ for metastatic medullary thyroid cancer in the European Union and potentially other countries.
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