Thursday, April 9, 2009

Tolera Therapeutics Granted Orphan Drug Designation for Organ Transplant Rejection Drug

Tolera Therapeutics, Inc., was granted orphan drug status by the USFDA for its initial lead candidate, TOL101, for prophylaxis of acute rejection of solid organ transplantation. TOL101 is a biologic protein that is designed to safely and specifically target T cells, components of the immune system that play a key role in the rejection, and ultimate failure, of transplanted organs. Organ transplantation is often the only viable treatment for many end-stage organ diseases.

The details can be read here.

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