Expedited Review Pathways: Three More Breakthroughs, Third RMAT Awarded
Executive Summary
US FDA's popular breakthrough therapy designation given to Proteon's vonapanitase for dialysis patients, Synthetic Biologics' ribaxamase to prevent C. difficile infection, and River Vision's teprotumumab for thyroid eye disease; Vericel's cell therapy for heart failure is designated a regenerative medicine advanced therapy.
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