FDA Orphan Drug Designation for CLN-049 in R/R AML

“FDA Orphan Drug Designation for CLN-049 emphasizes both the urgent need for new therapies for people living with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia – including patients with TP53-mutated AML who currently face a particularly poor prognosis – and the potential of this FLT3-directed T cell engager to expand treatment options across the broadest population of AML patients,” said Jeffrey Jones, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Cullinan Therapeutics. “Coupled with promising results from our ongoing Phase 1 program, this designation by the FDA reinforces a shared goal to rapidly advance novel therapies for patients living with AML.”

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