FDA Orphan Drug Designation granted to Elraglusib for Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
“We are pleased with the FDA’s decision to grant Orphan Drug Designation to elraglusib for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer remains an area of high unmet medical need, with less than 10% survival in the US at 5 years. The Orphan Drug Designation furthers our ability to advance development and regulatory interactions with the FDA to bring elraglusib to patients with this highly lethal malignancy”, said Daniel Schmitt, President & CEO.
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