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uniQure Announces FDA Acceptance and Priority Review of the Biologics License Application for ...

The agency is reviewing the application under accelerated approval after 51 patients were treated, and outside experts may still be called to weigh the data.

  • On Monday, November 2, the FDA accepted uniQure's Biologics License Application for the Huntington's disease therapy ifezuntirgene inilparvovec, setting a target action date of May 1, 2027.
  • Following leadership changes at the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, the regulator reversed its previous position after a senior official had described the treatment as a 'failed product.'
  • With 51 patients treated across trials, uniQure provided 48-month data showing consistent slowing of functional decline under the FDA's accelerated approval pathway, which requires future benefit confirmation.
  • Research analyst Lachlan Hanbury-Brown of William Blair wrote that acceptance marks an 'important milestone' that 'further removes regulatory risk,' as uniQure shares rose 2.5% in premarket trading.
  • A 200-patient follow-up trial will begin screening by year-end, while the FDA tentatively plans to discuss the application at a future Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee meeting.
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