FDA grants Orphan Drug Designation in the US for CAM2029 for the treatment of polycystic liver disease
Lund, Sweden — 16 September 2021 — Camurus (NASDAQ STO: CAMX) today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) for the company’s investigational medicinal product, octreotide subcutaneous depot (CAM2029), for the treatment of autosomal dominant polycystic liver disease. Polycystic liver disease (PLD) is a rare, genetic, and chronic disorder characterized by progressive growth of cysts in the liver which can cause severe symptoms and result in an impaired quality of life of patients. There is today no approved pharmacological