FDA grants orphan drug status to treatment for cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted the Orphan Drug Designation to a unique drug for children suffering from Ewing’s Sarcoma cancer developed by the Cure Our Children Foundation. The non profit and charitable organization was successful in development of this drug because of the generous volunteers, doctors in industry and researchers at two universities. The approval facilitates the development of the drug by providing fee waivers, FDA’s assistance for review and other benefits. The new drug is a combination of biotechnology and nanotechnology. Cell matter is modified to have the genetic code of tumor cells. When the cancer cells uptake this matter, they stop reproducing and die.
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