Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Insmed and Premacure Announce European Orphan Designation for IPLEX in Retinopathy of Prematurity in Infants

Insmed Inc. , a developer of follow-on biologics and biopharmaceuticals, and Premacure AB, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of, diagnosis and prevention of complications in neonates due to premature birth, today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has granted Premacure orphan designation for Insmed's IPLEX(TM) product, also known as mecasermin rinfabate, for the prevention of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in neonates of less than 32 weeks of gestational age.

The details can be read here.

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