UTR Therapeutics Inc. Announced U.S. FDA Orphan Drug Designation and Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for UTRxMYCN M1-14
On 29 September 2026, UTR Therapeutics Inc. announced that the U.S. FDA had granted Orphan Drug Designation to UTRxMYCN M1-14 for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma, including rhabdomyosarcoma, and Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for rhabdomyosarcoma. The investigational therapy was based on the company’s RNA Overwriting technology, which was designed to target oncogenic messenger RNA associated with MYCN and promote its degradation while preserving healthy messenger RNA.
Preclinical studies had demonstrated dose-dependent MYCN in...