ACT Receives Positive Opinion For Orphan Drug Designation From European Medicines Agency For HESC-Derived RPE Cells For Treatment Of Stargardt’s Disease
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. , a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced a positive opinion of ACT's human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells for designation as an orphan medicinal product for the treatment of Stargardt's disease. This opinion will now be forwarded by the EMA to the European Commission for their adoption, which should follow in coming weeks. This follows on the US Food & Drug Administration's (Read more...)