Naxitamab Receives Positive Opinion for Orphan Medicinal Product Designation Approval in the EU
Obtaining OMPD for naxitamab is part of an overall plan to expand the Company’s European development program and ultimately obtain orphan drug exclusivity to protect naxitamab in the EU for the treatment of relapsed or refractory high-risk neuroblastoma.
Under the EMA’s Regulation (EC) No. 141/2000 an orphan medicinal product designation gives companies access to protocol assistance and guidance on preparing a dossier that will meet European regulatory requirements and thereby maximize the chance of success at the time of marketing authorization. Once approved, an orphan drug is also granted 10 years of market exclusivity during which directly competitive similar products cannot normally be placed on the market.
The EMA grants orphan medicinal product designation based upon several criteria: the life threatening and debilitating nature of the condition; the medical plausibility of the proposed orphan indication; a prevalence in
Y-mAbs Founder, President and Head of Business Development and Strategy, Thomas Gad said, “We are very pleased that the COMP has issued a positive opinion for orphan drug designation to naxitamab which will give us a string of development incentives.”
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Y-mAbs is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, antibody-based therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer. The Company has a broad and advanced product pipeline, including two pivotal-stage product candidates—naxitamab and omburtamab—which target tumors that express GD2 and B7-H3, respectively.
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