Q BioMed's Uttroside-B Receives U.S. FDA Orphan Drug Designation in the Treatment of Liver Cancer
Share this article NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Q BioMed Inc. (OTCQB: QBIO), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of Orphan Products Development has granted Orphan Drug Designation to Uttroside-B, a small molecule chemotherapeutic for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common form of liver cancer. In preclinical studies, Uttroside-B was up to 10-times more potent against HCC cells than Sorafinib, the standard of care drug at the time. As an Orphan Drug, Uttroside-B may benefit from a seven-year market exclusively following m...