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BioTime (BTX) Announces Receipt of FDA Fast-Track Designation for OpRegen

September 28, 2015 8:03 AM EDT

BioTime (NYSE: BTX)and its subsidiary Cell Cure Neurosciences Ltd. (Cell Cure) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for OpRegen®, a cell-based therapeutic product consisting of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells designed to block the progression of the severe dry-form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in an aging population.

Under an Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) Cells derived from Allogenic Human Embryonic... More