FDA Grants Third Orphan Drug Designation to Biostar Pharma's Utidelone for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to Utidelone
Biostar Pharma, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Beijing Biostar Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd., has recently achieved a significant milestone: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for their drug, Utidelone, aimed at treating pancreatic cancer. This marks the third ODD for Utidelone, following earlier designations for metastatic breast cancer and gastric cancer.
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