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November 10, 2016 News by Margarida Azevedo, MSc

FDA Reviewing Emmaus’ New Drug Application for Oral PGLG Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review a New Drug Application (NDA) from Emmaus Life Sciences for its orally administered pharmaceutical grade L-glutamine (PGLG) treatment for sickle cell disease. If the FDA approves this new treatment, it would be the first FDA-approved medicine available…

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