Article: FDA grants orphan drug status to pafuramidine for treatment of African sleeping sickness.(Industry News)

Article: US FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status to Immtech's ...
PR Newswire;  September 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to pafuramidine ... known as African sleeping sickness. Orphan drug designation provides ... previously been granted Orphan Drug Designation for ... trials for African sleeping sickness, pafuramidine is ...

Article: A CURE AT ANY PRICE Orphan Drug Act helps companies ...
The Boston Globe;  March 15, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... protected under the federal Orphan Drug Act for Ceredase ... Congress. Known as the Orphan Drug Act of 1983, the law ... lead poisoning and sleeping sickness. Roughly an additional ... products have been granted orphan drug status; nearly 176 ...

Article: Immtech Announces Interim Analysis in Phase III African ...
PR Newswire;  October 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... first-stage African sleeping sickness. Carol Olson, MD ... treatment of African sleeping sickness. The next major milestone ... pafuramidine's African sleeping sickness indication Fast Track and Orphan Drug status, which is expected ...

Article: Hope for the weary Why a small suburban drug company devotes all ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  September 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... what is known as sleeping sickness go into a deep coma ... estimates African sleeping sickness affects 50,000 ... Administration granted orphan drug status to pafuramidine ... treatment of African sleeping sickness. The designation ...

Article: Immtech Granted Orphan Drug Status by US FDA.
M2 Presswire;  June 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... FDA) has granted orphan drug designation for pafuramidine ... final FDA approval, orphan drug designation also positions ... Executive Officer. "With orphan drug status and the ability ... trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping Sickness), and a well defined ...

Article: US FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status to Immtech.
M2 Presswire;  June 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... FDA) has granted orphan drug designation for pafuramidine ... final FDA approval, orphan drug designation also positions ... Executive Officer. "With orphan drug status and the ability ... trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping Sickness), and a well defined ...

Article: US FDA Grants Immtech's Oral Drug Candidate Pafuramidine (DB289) ...
PR Newswire;  November 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... FDA) has granted orphan drug designation for Pafuramidine ... patients. This FDA Orphan Drug designation provides ... Pafuramidine as an Orphan Drug in treatment of PCP ... trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping Sickness), and a well defined ...