FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status to AGT-184 for Sanfilippo Type A

AGT-184 has been granted orphan drug designation for the treatment of Sanfilippo syndrome type A by the U.S. Food and Drug Aministration. Sanfilippo syndrome type A is caused by mutations in the gene that provides instructions to make the enzyme N-sulfoglucosamine sulfohydrolase (SGSH). This leads to the accumulation of a complex sugar molecule…