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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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Challenges in Clinical Development of Products for Rare Disease

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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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Fitusiran

New Drug Approvals

2] Fitusiran was approved for medical use in the United States in March 2025. [2] 2] The label also has a warning about liver toxicity and the need to monitor liver blood tests at baseline and then monthly for at least six months after initiating treatment with fitusiran or after a dose increase of fitusiran. [2] Fitusiran 1711.0g/mol,

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FDA approves first interchangeable biosimilar insulin product for treatment of diabetes

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration approved the first interchangeable biosimilar insulin product, indicated to improve glycemic control in adults and pediatric patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus and in adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. for the treatment of diabetes. Biosimilars marketed in the U.S.

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Meaningful Moment for HIV Treatment as FDA Approves ViiV’s Monthly Shot

The Pharma Data

Cabotegravir is a ViiV product marketed as Cabenuva, and rilpivirine is a Janssen product with a brand name Edurant. Today’s FDA approval of Cabenuva represents a shift in the way HIV is treated, offering people living with HIV a completely new approach to care,” said Lynn Baxter, Head of North America, ViiV Healthcare.

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FDA Approves Danyelza (naxitamab-gqgk) for the Treatment of Neuroblastoma

The Pharma Data

FDA Approves Danyelza (naxitamab-gqgk) for the Treatment of Neuroblastoma. the “Company” or “Y-mAbs”) (Nasdaq: YMAB) a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, antibody-based therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer, today announced that the U.S.

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Genentech's Evrysdi becomes first FDA-approved oral treatment for spinal muscular atrophy

The Pharma Data

Genentech’s Evrysdi (risdiplam) has secured FDA approval for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), making it the first oral therapy available for the rare hereditary genetic condition in US and the second overall to be approved for the disease. with placebo.