May 27, 2008 - Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that the European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA) designated sapacitabine as an orphan medicine in two separate indications: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS).
Specifically the EMEA's Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) adopted a positive opinion on the company's application to designate sapacitabine as an orphan medicinal product for the indications of AML and MDS. The objective of European orphan medicines legislation is to stimulate research and development of medicinal products for rare diseases by providing incentives to industry.
The details can be read here.
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