Advanced Inhalation Therapies (AIT) has announced that its AIT-CF high dose inhaled formulation of nitric oxide (NO) for the treatment of cystic fibrosis has been granted orphan medical product designation by the European Commission. In February 2015, the company announced that the product had received orphan drug designation from the FDA in late 2014.
AIT Chief Medical Officer David Greenberg said, “AIT-CF potentially affords a significant benefit to CF patients. As a naturally occurring chemical in the body, NO, when inhaled at high concentrations, kills bacteria and fungi in the lungs of CF patients and has shown broad anti-infective activity. The European Orphan Drug Designation for AIT-CF affords additional benefits as we continue to advance its clinical development.”
Read the AIT press release.
