Thursday, September 19, 2019


The Orphan Drug Designation program provides orphan status to drugs and biologics which are defined as those intended for the treatment, prevention or diagnosis of a rare disease or condition, which is one that affects less than 200,000 persons in the US or meets cost recovery provisions of the act.

Facts about Rare Disease
  •  More than 7,000 conditions are considered rare diseases
  • 1 in 100 people is affected by a rare disease
  • 350 million people worldwide are living with a rare disease, but only 5% of known rare diseases have an approved treatment
  • About 30 million people in the US are affected by a rare disease
  • Half of the people with rare diseases are children.
  • Rare Disease Day was started in 2008 and is now observed in 65 counties


Company
Drug Name
Indication

   ORPHELIA Pharma

Temozolomide
Neuroblastoma



Minoryx Therapeutics S.L.
Leriglitazone
Friedreich´S Ataxia

  Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd

 
ACT-519276
GM2 Gangliosidosis




Stoke Therapeutics
Antisense Oligonucleotide
Dravet Syndrome




Daewoong Pharmaceutical
DWN12088
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Dynacure SAS
Dyn101
Centronuclear Myopathies






Vitaeris (USA) Corp

Clazakizumab
Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients




Partner Therapeutics, Inc. 
Sargramostim
Stage IIB-IV Melanoma




Blueprint Medicines

BLU-782
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva




Neuropore Therapies, Inc.
NPT520-34
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis





Insys Therapeutics Inc.

Cannabidiol
Childhood Absence Epilepsy
Inmunova SA
Neutralizing equine anti-Stx hyperimmune immunoglobulin F(ab')2 fragment
Shiga-Toxin Producing Bacterial Infection





Eagle Biosciences, Inc.

DNA based therapy
Osteogenesis Imperfecta


Ocugen, Inc.
AAV-hNR2E3
CEP290 Mutation Associated Retinal Disease



Microbion Corporation

MBN-101
Pulmonary Infections in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Sanofi 
Romilkimab
Systemic Sclerosis









Incyte Corporation

Pemigatinib
Myeloid/Lymphoid Neoplasms with Eosinophilia and Rearrangement Of PDGFRA, PDGFRB, or FGFR1, or With PCM1-JAK2




Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 
Cedazuridine and Decitabine
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (Including Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia)




BioXcel Therapeutics

Talabostat
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia





Sigilon Therapeutics, Inc.
SIG-001
Hemophilia A




Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Dupilumab
Bullous Pemphigoid
Amgen Inc.
Small molecule inhibitor of the pro-survival protein MCL1
Multiple Myeloma






Recordati Rare Diseases, SARL

Propranolol
Retinopathy of Prematurity




Allianz Pharmascience Ltd.
ALZ003
Glioblastoma





Adaptimmune, LLC

SPEARHED-1
Soft Tissue Sarcoma



AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Benralizumab
Eosinophilic Esophagitis






AI Therapeutics, Inc.
Sirolimus
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex




CrystalGenomics, Inc.
CG-745
Pancreatic Cancer






Puma Biotechnology Inc.

Neratinib
Breast Cancer Patients With Brain Metastases
Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 
Zilucoplan
Myasthenia Gravis



Celgene

B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) x CD3 T-cell bispecific monoclonal antibody
Multiple Myeloma







Akari Therapeutics Plc
Nomacopan
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy





CARsgen Therapeutics

Fully Human Anti-BCMA Autologous CART Cell
Multiple Myeloma




GeneTx Biotherapeutics, LLC
GTX-102
Angelman Syndrome






AB Science

Masitinib
Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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