First Approval For Kolon's Invossa But No Disease-Modifying Status

Kolon Life Science's Invossa gets regulatory approval in South Korea as the world's first allogeneic cell-mediated gene therapy for degenerative osteoarthritis, but misses out on disease-modifying status, although the company hopes a large-scale Phase III study can rectify this in the US.

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Kolon Life Science Inc. has earned its first regulatory approval for Invossa, the world's first allogeneic cell-mediated gene therapy for degenerative osteoarthritis (OA), in South Korea, after 19 years of development.

Invossa (TissueGene-C; tonogenchoncel-L) was approved as a treatment for serious OA of the knee (Kellgren & Lawrence grade 3) via...

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