Priority Review Voucher Eligibility List Gains Three Tropical Diseases
Executive Summary
US FDA adds brucellosis, opisthorchiasis and paragonimiasis to the list of qualifying diseases but declines to include clonorchiasis and coccidioidomycosis, finding a significant market in developed nations for treatments or vaccines addressing the two conditions.
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