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Protalix and Chiesi Get FDA OK to Seek Accelerated Approval of PRX-102 for Fabry Disease

PRX-102 (pegunigalsidase alfa), an investigational enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for Fabry disease, is closer to accelerated approval after a successful pre-biologics license application (BLA) meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to a press release. PRX-102’s developers, Protalix BioTherapeutics and Chiesi Farmaceutici, met with…

NORD 2019 Rare Disease Summit Set for Oct. 21-22 in Washington, DC

Next month’s annual conference of the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) in Washington, D.C., couldn’t come at a better time, says Marshall Summar, MD, chairman of NORD’s board of directors. “The pace of discovery in rare diseases has gone from brisk to hypersonic,” Summar told Bionews Services, publisher…