Medivir’s MIV-818 Receives EC’s Orphan Medicinal Product Designation to Treat Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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• EMA has granted orphan medicinal product designation for the treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
• Orphan Medicinal Product designation provides regulatory and financial incentives for companies to develop and market therapies treating life-threatening or chronically debilitating condition affecting no more than 5 in 10,000 persons in the EU
• MIV-818 is a pro-drug designed to selectively treat liver cancer cells and has the potential to become the first liver-targeted, orally administered drug for patients with HCC

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