PITTSBURGH, PA — Krystal Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: KRYS) announced today that the first patient has been dosed in its Phase 1/2 clinical trial (EMERALD-1), a 2:1 randomized, double-masked, multicenter, placebo-controlled study evaluating KB801 for the treatment of neurotrophic keratitis (NK). “Our ophthalmology pipeline is well under way with...
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PITTSBURGH, PA — Krystal Biotech. Inc (NASDAQ: KRYS), a commercial-stage biotechnology company, announced data on the compassionate use of beremagene geperpavec (B-VEC), administered as an eyedrop to treat a patient with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) with cicatrizing conjunctivitis has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The...
PITTSBURGH, PA — Krystal Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: KRYS) announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to KB707, the Company’s redosable immunotherapy designed to drive sustained, localized expression of interleukin-2 and interleukin-12 in the tumor microenvironment, for the treatment of advanced...
PITTSBURGH, PA — Krystal Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: KRYS) today announced that, on May 15, 2026, the United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) granted marketing authorization to VYJUVEK® (beremagene geperpavec-svdt) for the treatment of wounds in patients with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) with mutation(s) in the collagen type VII...
Intra-patient, double-blind, multicenter, placebo-controlled study with crossover design Repeat administration under compassionate use was previously shown to be well tolerated and associated with full corneal healing by 3 months as well as significant visual acuity improvement from hand motion to 20/25 at 8 months PITTSBURGH, PA — Krystal Biotech, Inc. (the...
PITTSBURGH, PA — Krystal Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRYS), a commercial-stage biotechnology company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for inhaled KB707 for the treatment of patients with solid tumors with pulmonary metastases that are relapsed or refractory to standard of care...
PITTSBURGH, PA — Krystal Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: KRYS) announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted platform technology designation to the genetically modified, non-replicating herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) viral vector used in the Company’s redosable eye drop gene therapy KB801, currently under evaluation in a...
PITTSBURGH, PA — Krystal Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: KRYS) today announced a positive interim clinical update from the highest dose cohort of CORAL-1, the Company’s multi-center, dose escalation Phase 1 study evaluating KB407 in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), confirming the successful lung delivery and expression of wild-type cystic fibrosis...
PITTSBURGH, PA — Krystal Biotech, Inc., a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of genetic medicines to treat diseases with high unmet medical needs, today announced that the Japan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to beremagene geperpavec-svdt (B-VEC...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. and TOKYO, Japan — Kura Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KURA) and Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. (TSE: 4151, “Kyowa Kirin”) today announced that the first patient has been dosed under the KOMET-017 clinical trial protocol (NCT07007312), comprising two independent, global, randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 trials to evaluate ziftomenib,...