Nippon Shinyaku said on July 4 that the US FDA has awarded a rare pediatric disease designation to brogidirsen, the company’s antisense oligonucleotide therapy being developed for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).Otherwise known as NS-089/NCNP-02, brogidirsen is an…
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