People with the bleeding disorder hemophilia A require lifelong treatment, which would include regular infusions of a clotting promoter factor VIII. Treatments could be expensive and time-consuming.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted its valoctocogene roxaparvovec for Hemophilia A Breakthrough Therapy Designation.
Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG), the global biotechnology leader in rare diseases, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded Orphan Drug Designation(ODD) to Shire`s gene therapy candidate SHP654 (also designated as BAX 888), an investigational factor VIII (FVIII) gene therapy for the treatment of hemophilia A. The regulatory agency also granted Shire investigational new drug (IND) status for SHP654.
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