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In a swift succession of actions, China’s Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) has added two more rare disease drugs to its patient-centered rare disease drug development pilot program, known as the Care Plan. This follows three other approvals within a 10-day period. The latest inclusions are Ractigen Therapeutics’ RAG-17 and…
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China-based small activating RNA (saRNA) drug developer, Ractigen Therapeutics, has announced that it has received Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its drug candidate RAG-21. This FUS gene-targeted siRNA therapy is indicated for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an incurable and…