Novartis’s Branaplam (LMI070) Receives the US FDA’s Orphan Drug Designation for Huntington’s Disease

October 22, 2020 Auto Bot Disease, drug, Novartis, receives, regulatory 0

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  • The US FDA has granted ODD for branaplam in HD. In preclinical trials, branaplam demonstrated a reduction in levels of the mutant huntingtin protein. Additionally, the therapy showed a reduction in huntingtin mRNA in SMA patients
  • Novartis expects to initiate the P-IIb study for branaplam in HD patients in 2021
  • Branaplam (qw, PO) is an RNA splicing modulator, currently under investigation for the treatment of SMA

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