FibroGen Gets Rare Pediatric Disease Tag for Duchenne Med

 FibroGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: FGEN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Rare Pediatric Disease (RPD) Designation for the company’s anti-CTGF antibody, pamrevlumab, for the treatment of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Pamrevlumab has also received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is currently being evaluated in two Phase 3 trials for the treatment of DMD.  

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/04/15/2210640/33525/en/FibroGen-Receives-Rare-Pediatric-Disease-Designation-from-the-U-S-FDA-for-Pamrevlumab-for-the-Treatment-of-Duchenne-Muscular-Dystrophy.html