Noema Pharma Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for basimglurant (NOE-101) in Trigeminal Neuralgia
BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Noema Pharma, a clinical-stage biotech company targeting debilitating central nervous system (CNS) indications, today announces that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to its mGluR5 inhibitor basimglurant (NOE-101) for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia (TN).
- BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Noema Pharma, a clinical-stage biotech company targeting debilitating central nervous system (CNS) indications, today announces that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to its mGluR5 inhibitor basimglurant (NOE-101) for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia (TN).
- "We are very pleased to receive Fast Track designation from the FDA, which is intended to bring promising medicines to patients sooner, and very much underlines the potential of basimglurant in pain management associated with TN," said George Garibaldi MD, President, Head of R&D of Noema Pharma.
- The FDA authorized Noema Pharma's Investigational New Drug (IND) application to initiate a Phase 2/3 clinical trial of basimglurant in TN in February 2022.
- Basimglurant, an mGluR5 inhibitor, is Phase 2b-ready for two indications: persistent seizures in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and severe pain in Trigeminal Neuralgia.