HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE AND COGNITION


Associated tags: Cognitive deficit, HD, Disease, Neurodegenerative disease

Sage Therapeutics Announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration Granted SAGE-718 Orphan Drug Designation for the Treatment of Huntington’s Disease

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SAGE), a biopharmaceutical company leading the way to create a world with better brain health, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to SAGE-718 for the treatment of Huntington’s disease (HD).

Key Points: 
  • Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SAGE), a biopharmaceutical company leading the way to create a world with better brain health, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to SAGE-718 for the treatment of Huntington’s disease (HD).
  • Cognitive impairment is one of the most underrecognized aspects of this disease,” said Laura Gault, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer, Sage Therapeutics.
  • The approval of an orphan designation request does not alter the standard regulatory requirements and process for obtaining marketing approval.
  • SAGE-718 previously received Fast Track Designation from the FDA for HD, and orphan drug designation for HD by the European Medicines Agency.