FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status to iBio’s Scleroderma Product Candidate

iBio recently announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to iBio-CFB03 for the treatment of systemic sclerosis. iBio is a leading provider of plant-based biotechnology for developing and manufacturing biological products for a range of fibrotic diseases (where is scar tissue has formed), including idiopathic…

iBio’s Endostatin-Related Peptides for Fibrosis, Scleroderma Issued US Patent

The pharmaceutical company iBio, which focuses on the clinical development of drugs for systemic sclerosis and other fibrotic diseases, was recently issued a U.S. patent protecting the company’s drug development attempts using endostatin-related peptides for the treatment of fibrosis. According to a press release, the patent, US 9,365,616, titled…