Belite Bio receives orphan drug status in Switzerland for retinal therapy

Go back to Belite Bio receives orphan drug status in Switzerland for retinal therapy

Belite Bio Receives Orphan Drug Status for Tinlarebant in Stargardt Disease in Switzerland

May 18, 2026 4:00 PM EDT

Tinlarebant is the first therapeutic candidate to demonstrate clinical efficacy in Stargardt disease, having met the primary endpoint, reductions in lesion growth rate, in the pivotal, global Phase 3 DRAGON trial Company recently initiated a rolling submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which it expects to complete in 2Q 2026 Tinlarebant has previously been granted Breakthrough Therapy, Fast Track and Rare Pediatric Disease Designations in the U.S., Orphan Drug Designation in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and Pioneer Drug... More