The first patient has enrolled in a clinical trial evaluating both the efficacy and safety of diacerein 1% ointment (CCP-020) in treating epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS), Castle Creek Pharmaceuticals recently announced. The company’s Phase 2/3 DELIVERS clinical trial (NCT03154333) is currently recruiting participants. CCP-020 is a small molecule, engineered to…
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FDA Grants Rare Pediatric Disease Designation to EB-101 as a Treatment for Blistering Skin Disorder
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted a Rare Pediatric Disease Designation to EB-101,  Abeona Therapeutics’ treatment for the inherited skin disease epidermolysis bullosa, or EB. Importantly, the designation also covers a severe form of the blistering and open-wound disorder known as recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, or RDEB. The FDA…
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