According to Eleison Pharmaceuticals, the European Commission has granted Orphan Drug Designation for the company’s inhaled lipid-complexed cisplatin (ILC) for the treatment of osteosarcoma. The sustained-release inhalation solution, which Eleison licensed from Insmed in 2011, is currently in a Phase 2 clinical trial.
Eleison Chief Medical Officer Forrest Anthony commented, “We are very pleased to receive Orphan Drug Designation by the European Commission, as ILC is potentially a breakthrough in the treatment of children and young adults with osteosarcoma, an often deadly cancer with little improvement in survival over the past 25 years. Our global phase 2 clinical trial for ILC remains ongoing with interim results expected in the middle of next year.”
Read the Eleison press release.
