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BioCryst's Fodosine granted orphan status in Europe for leukemia

Published in Cancer Weekly, December 19th, 2006

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BCRX) announced that following the favorable opinion of the European Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP), the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has granted an "Orphan Medicinal Product Designation" for the anticancer drug Fodosine for the treatment of T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (T-Cell ALL).

The EMEA's "Orphan Medicinal Product Designation" is designed to promote the development of drugs which may provide "significant benefit" to patients suffering from rare diseases identified as "life-threatening or very serious." Under EMEA guidelines, Orphan Medicinal Product Designation provides 10 years of potential market...

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