ISA Pharmaceuticals receives US Orphan-Drug Designation for ISA101b in HPV16-positive Cervical Cancer

01 Jul 2020

Leiden, The Netherlands, 01 July 2020 — ISA Pharmaceuticals B.V., today announced that it received Orphan Drug Designation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA for its lead product ISA101b for treatment of Human Papilloma Virus type 16 (HPV16)-positive cervical cancer.

According to the latest statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HPV causes more than 34,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year. Cervical cancer is the most common HPV-associated cancer in women, with HPV16 being responsible for approximately 50% of cases. HPV16-positive cervical cancer is the number 2 cause of cancer for women in

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