U.S. FDA approves Ferring Pharma’s first gene therapy for bladder cancer By Reuters


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(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Swiss drugmaker Ferring Pharmaceuticals’ first gene therapy for treating patients with a type of bladder cancer.

The therapy , Adstiladrin, was approved for adult patients. It has be to administered once every three months into the patient’s bladder via a urinary catheter.

Ferring did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.

The safety and effectiveness of Adstiladrin was evaluated in a multi-center clinical study that included 157 patients, FDA said.

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