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OBI Pharma's OBI-999 Receives the US FDA's Orphan Drug Designation to Treat Gastric Cancer

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OBI Pharma's OBI-999 Receives the US FDA's Orphan Drug Designation to Treat Gastric Cancer

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  • The US FDA has granted ODD to the OBI-999 for the treatment of gastric cancer. This marks the second ODD to the therapy as it has already received the FDA’s ODD to treat pancreatic cancer on Dec 26- 2019
  • The US FDA grants ODD to therapies intended to treat- diagnose or prevent rare diseases or disorders affecting fewer than 200-000 people in the US
  • OBI-999 is a novel ADC in combination with a validated payload (MMAE) and the antibody targeting Globo H- currently being evaluated in P-I/II clinical study and has demonstrated tumor shrinkage in its preclinical studies

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