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

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a pivotal role in fostering the development of treatments for rare diseases through its Orphan Products Grants Program. Each year, FDA selects a limited number of clinical trials to fund to help sponsors pursue development of medical products for rare diseases and advance their field.

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The rising impact of biomarkers in early clinical development

Drug Target Review

Susceptibility or risk biomarkers can detect the likelihood of a patient developing a disease or medical condition, which is crucial for treatments that are most effective before the onset of symptoms. A biomarker is a measurable indicator of a biological process, disease state, or response to a treatment.

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Challenges in Clinical Development of Products for Rare Disease

thought leadership

There are over 7,000 rare diseases affecting more than 30 million people in the United States, and despite the FDA's approval of over 600 treatments for rare diseases since signing the Orphan Drug Act into law in 1983, most rare diseases still do not have a treatment.

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New cell therapy model accelerates cancer treatment development

Drug Target Review

Ive been involved in therapeutics development for over 25 years, working with small, medium, and large biotech companies. My focus has always been on advancing novel medicines from research to clinical development. Over the years, Ive had the privilege of working on more than 25 different products, Bock shared.

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Unveiling neoantigen-directed cancer treatment

Drug Target Review

This exclusive interview with Dr Sharon Benzeno, Chief Commercial Officer, Immune Medicine at Adaptive Biotechnologies, unveils some ground-breaking research on T- cell therapy for cancer , which has seen the first TCR-based therapeutic candidate progress to clinical development, offering promising advancements in innovative cancer treatments.

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New avenues for rare disease treatment

Drug Target Review

More than 7,000 rare diseases – conditions that affect fewer than 1 in 2,000 people – have been identified, and1 in 17 people will develop a rare disease in their lifetime, with children disproportionately affected. Most of these conditions are genetic in origin and the majority have no effective treatment.

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Macrocyclization via Ring-Closing Metathesis in Drug Discovery & Process Chemistry

Drug Hunter

While most biologically active macrocycles are peptides or natural product-derived , ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reactions have contributed to greater accessibility of unnatural macrocycles in medicinal chemistry. Glecaprevir, or ABT-493, was approved in combination with pibrentasvir (Mavyret) for the treatment of Hepatitis C (HCV) in 2017.