FDA awards $19M in grants for rare disease treatments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration awarded 15 grants, totaling more than $19 million, for the development of medical device, drug and biological products for patients suffering with rare diseases.

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The list of awardees includes Donald Durden, MD, PhD, vice chair for research at University of California San Diego’s department of pediatrics. He won $1.6 million over four years for a phase 2 study of Poly-ICLC for the treatment of pediatric low grade gliomas. Grants were also given for treatments for stable sickle cell disease and multiple system atrophy, among others.

 

The program is administered through the FDA’s Orphan Products Grants Program, which aims to encourage the development of products for rare diseases.

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