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Article: Fusion inhibitor granted priority review status by FDA.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 13, 2002
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2002 NOV 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche and Trimeris, Inc., (TRMS) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified the companies that the New Drug Application (NDA) for Fuzeon (generic: enfuvirtide, formerly known as T-20) is fileable and has been granted priority review status.
Designed for the treatment of HIV-1 in combination with other antiretroviral agents, Fuzeon is the most clinically advanced in an investigational class of anti-HIV drugs called "fusion inhibitors."
The priority review designation establishes a target 6-month review period for the Fuzeon NDA, which was submitted by Roche and Trimeris on September ...