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FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Cardium's Phase 3 Angiogenic Gene Therapy for Heart Disease
Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, August 2nd, 2007
Cardium Therapeutics (OTCBB:CDTP) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to the Company's lead product candidate, Generx(TM) (alferminogene tadenovec, Ad5FGF-4) for the potential treatment of myocardial ischemia. Myocardial ischemia, insufficient blood flow within the heart muscle, gives rise to angina associated with coronary heart disease. Generx represents a new therapeutic class of biologics designed to promote angiogenesis, a natural process of blood vessel growth within the heart muscle, following a one-time intracoronary administration from a standard cardiac infusion catheter.
The fast track program is...
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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2007-08-02)
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