Ocugen's Eye Disease Treatment Receives Orphan Drug Designation in Europe for Retinopathies

MT Newswires Live11-20 21:39

Ocugen (OCGN) said Wednesday that the European Medicines Agency has granted orphan medicinal product designation for its experimental drug OCU410ST to treat ABCA4-associated retinopathies including Stargardt disease, retinitis pigmentosa 19, and cone-rod dystrophy 3.

Orphan medicinal product designation in Europe provides benefits such as protocol assistance, reduced fees, research grants, and 10 years of market exclusivity upon approval.

The drug developer said it plans to pursue an accelerated marketing authorization application for OCU410ST.

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