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Tempest Receives Orphan Drug Designation from the European Medicines Agency for Amezalpat for the Treatment of Patients with HCC
EMA Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) builds on U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) ODD and Fast Track Designation, underscoring the urgent need for new treatment optionsThe multiple regulatory designations were granted following strong positive results from a global randomized Phase 1b/2 study in first-line HCC demonstrating superior outcomes for amezalpat combination therapy across multiple study endpoints, including overall survival in both the entire population and key subpopulations, when com
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