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Aro Biotherapeutics’ ABX1100 Wins FDA Rare Pediatric Designation

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Rare Pediatric Disease designation to Aro Biotherapeutics’ ABX1100, an investigational substrate reduction therapy for Pompe disease. This designation is awarded to experimental therapies for rare pediatric disorders with serious or life-threatening manifestations that primarily affect young people from birth…

MZE001 Wins FDA Orphan Drug Status for Pompe Disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to MZE001, Maze Therapeutics‘ investigational oral treatment for Pompe disease. “Pompe disease is a serious and often fatal disorder, and MZE001 has the potential to offer patients an oral, disease-modifying option that improves clinical outcomes and…

COVID-19 Vaccines Pose Little Risk to Rare Disease Patients, FDA, CDC Say

The two COVID-19 vaccines that recently received emergency approval from the U.S. and other worldwide regulatory agencies are expected to pose little risk to the rare disease community, including to patients with compromised immune systems or those participating in gene therapy studies. That was the message of a recent…