The US Food and Drug Administration FDA has given orphan drug priority status to Saniona's drug candidate Tesomet for treating hypothalamic obesity (HO), according to a press release on Monday.
"There are currently no FDA-approved medicines for hypothalamic obesity. Despite the devastating weight gain and hunger this rare disease can cause, there has been relatively little drug development specifically for HO," says Saniona Chief Medical Officer and Head of Clinical Development Rudolf Baumgartner in the press release.
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