BioMedNewsBreaks – Genprex Inc. (NASDAQ: GNPX) Granted FDA Orphan Drug Designation for REQORSA(R) for Patients with SCLC
Genprex (NASDAQ: GNPX), a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing life-changing treatments for patients with cancer and diabetes, today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (“ODD”) to the company’s lead drug candidate, REQORSA(R) Immunogene Therapy (quratusugene ozeplasmid), for the treatment of small cell lung cancer (“SCLC”). In addition to ODD for the treatment of SCLC, in June 2023, the FDA granted Fast Track Designation (“FTD”) for REQORSA Immunogene Therapy, in combination with Genentech Inc.’s Tecentriq(R) in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (“ES-SCLC”) who did not develop tumor progression…