European Commission Grants NTLA-2001 Gene-editing Therapy Orphan Drug Status
The European Commission (EC) has granted orphan drug status to Intellia Therapeutics’ NTLA-2001 gene-editing therapy for transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR), a group of disorders that also encompasses familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP). Orphan drug status comes with benefits designed to ease a potential medicine’s path to market. “This news is…