Paris, September 23, 2025. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to SAR446268, Sanofi’s one-time AAV gene therapy for the treatment of non-congenital (juvenile and adult onset) DM1 myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). This designation process aims to facilitate the development and expedite the review...
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PARIS, France – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to SAR446523, an IgG1-based Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity-enhanced (ADCC) monoclonal antibody (mAb) targeting G-protein coupled receptor family C group 5 member D (GPRC5D) for the potential treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (R/R...
Paris, France – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to SAR446597, a one-time intravitreal gene therapy for the treatment of geographic atrophy (GA) due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The fast track designation process aims to facilitate the development and expedite the review of...
PARIS, France – Following the positive opinion by the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use on June 19, 2025, the European Commission has approved Sarclisa in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (VRd) for the induction treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) who...
Barcelona, Spain – Researchers from the Neuromuscular Diseases Group and the Dementia Neurobiology Group of the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) and the Memory Unit of the Sant Pau Hospital, led by neurologist Dr. Ricard Rojas-García, have identified a new mutation in the ARPP21 gene that could be...
Santa Susana High School graduate Sean Shrager doesn’t believe in giving up. Though he was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) when he was 3 years old, Sean has never let his disease become an excuse for not attaining his goals. In fact, it has only motivated him to work...
Pratteln, Switzerland – Santhera Pharmaceuticals (SIX: SANN) and ReveraGen Biopharma announce new clinical data of 2.5-year treatment outcome with vamorolone in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). These Phase 2a long-term treatment data demonstrate a maintenance of treatment effect, equivalent to a delay of about two years in decline for...
Pratteln, Switzerland, and Rockville, MD, USA – Santhera Pharmaceuticals (SIX: SANN) and ReveraGen BioPharma, Inc (US: private) announce positive key results from the VISION-DMD study, demonstrating robust efficacy across multiple efficacy endpoints and favorable safety and tolerability of vamorolone in the treatment of patients with DMD. VISION-DMD is a pivotal...
Pratteln, Switzerland – Santhera Pharmaceuticals (SIX: SANN) today notes that Health Canada has approved AGAMREE® (vamorolone) for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients aged 4 years and older following Priority Review, marking the first approved treatment for the disease in Canada. The Canadian Neuromuscular Disease registry estimates...
Santhera Announces Completion of First 6-Month Period of Pivotal VISION-DMD Trial with Vamorolone in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Pratteln, Switzerland Santhera Pharmaceuticals (SIX: SANN) announces that the last patient has completed the last visit for the first period of the placebo-controlled pivotal VISION-DMD study with vamorolone in patients with Duchenne muscular...