Rare pediatric disease designation granted to LAMA2-CMD therapy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted rare pediatric disease designation to MDL-101, an epigenetic editing therapy that Modalis Therapeutics is developing for LAMA2-related congenital muscular dystrophy (LAMA2-CMD) — a genetic condition that’s characterized by muscle wasting evident at birth or shortly thereafter. This FDA status…