European Union grants orphan drug status to Crenolanib

Release Date: 03-Dec-2016

Arog Pharmaceuticals declared that its leading drug candidate has received orphan drug designation for the treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia and soft tissue sarcoma.

 The European Commission grants orphan medicinal product status to provide incentives to develop medicinal products to treat, prevent or diagnose diseases or conditions that affect no more than five in 10,000 persons in the EU. The orphan medicinal product designation provides the company and its drug with certain benefits and incentives in the EU, including a period of market exclusivity of 10 years after the market approval, free consultation and scientific advice on contact with European Medicinal Agency.

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