Expands Pfizer’s rare disease portfolio with potential first-in-class therapy for achondroplasia, a genetic condition and the most common form of short-limb dwarfism NEW YORK & BASEL, Switzerland–Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all the shares of Therachon Holding AG, a privately-held clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on …
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Therachon Announces Dosing of First Subject in Phase 1 Clinical Trial Evaluating TA-46, a Novel Investigational Therapy for the Potential Treatment of Achondroplasia
BASEL, Switzerland, February 14, 2018 – Therachon AG, a biotechnology company focused on rare genetic diseases, today announced the dosing of the first subject in its Phase 1 trial for TA-46, a soluble recombinant human fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) ligand trap. TA-46 works by normalizing the overactive FGFR3 signaling pathways that underlie bone abnormalities …
Therachon Receives EMA and FDA Orphan Drug Designation for TA-46 for Achondroplasia
BASEL, Switzerland — June 20, 2017 – Therachon AG, a biotechnology company focused on rare genetic diseases, announced today that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have granted Orphan Drug Designation to TA-46 for the treatment of patients with achondroplasia, the most common form of short-limbed dwarfism. “We are …