PTC Therapeutics reported today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Drug Evaluation is unable to approve the company’s New Drug Application for ataluren (brand name Translarna) for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) caused by a premature stop codon, or nonsense mutation, in its current form.
The FDA yesterday convened a meeting with the PCNS, to review the NDA, for ataluren (brand name Translarna) to treat some forms of DMD. Following a presentation of the data in support of the NDA by PTC Therapeutics the overwhelming majority (10 out of 11) suggested that although it is possible that Translarna may be effective, the data are inconclusive and more work is needed to determine whether, in fact, it is.
The FDA on Thursday will convene a meeting with the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems Drugs Advisory Committee (PCNS), to review the new drug application, or NDA, for ataluren (brand name Translarna) DMD.
Translarna, a new drug under development that may slow functional decline in individuals with DMD cause by nonsense mutations, will be reviewed by an Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Sept. 28, 2017. An FDA decision on the drug is expected on or before Oct. 24, 2017.
PTC Therapeutics announced that the FDA will review its investigational drug ataluren (brand name Translarna) for the treatment of some forms of DMD.
PTC Therapeutics shared the latest news today on efforts to make its experimental drug Translarna available in the U.S. for the treatment of some forms of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The company reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has denied its first appeal that a New Drug Application for Translarna be accepted . . .
In two webcasts held Feb. 29 — one for investors and one for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients and families — PTC Therapeutics addressed the Refuse to File letter it received last week from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stating that PTC’s New Drug Application (NDA) for Translarna (ataluren) to treat DMD was not sufficient . . .
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) belongs to a group of rare genetic disorders, known as dystrophinopathies, that are caused by mutations of the dystrophin gene. DMD is characterized by progressive degeneration and weakness of the body’s voluntary muscles, primarily the skeletal muscles that control movement. In later stages, the heart and respiratory muscles may also be . . .
Researchers at Rare Disease Research, LLC are seeking boys between the ages of 6 months and 2 years who are living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy caused by a nonsense mutation (nmDMD) to participate in a phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and duration of effect of ataluren (brand name Translarna) to treat nmDMD. Ataluren . . .
Researchers at PTC Therapeutics are looking for participants with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) to participate in a Phase 3 study. The goal of the study is to characterize the long-term effects of Translarna (ataluren). The drug is believed to promote the formation of full-length and functional dystrophin protein in boys with a nonsense mutation (which . . .
