Tanabe Pharma said on September 18 that the US FDA has accepted its application for dersimelagon, an oral selective melanocortin 1 receptor agonist being developed for erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) and X-linked protoporphyria (XLP). The application, which has been granted priority…
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