FDA and the European Medicines Agency have both granted Orphan Drug Designation to FLAG-003 for the treatment of glioma, sponsored by FLAG Therapeutics. Orphan status is granted by the FDA to promote the development of products that demonstrate promise for the treatment of rare diseases, those which affect fewer than 200,000 Americans annually. Orphan drug...
In this week's episode of The Cancer Letter Podcast, editor and publisher Paul Goldberg, and associate editor Jacquelyn Cobb revisit two of last week’s most-read stories: the growing recognition that early-onset colorectal cancer requires a new diagnostic mindset, and the life and legacy of Maura Gillison, the scientist whose discovery that most head and neck cancers are driven by HPV transformed the field.
