US fast-track for Lux Biosciences' LX201
Lux Biosciences, a privately-held US biotechnology company specialized in the field of ophthalmic diseases, says that the Food and Drug Administration has granted fast-track designation for LX201, a silicone matrix ocular (episcleral) implant that steadily releases therapeutic doses of cyclosporine A locally to the eye to prevent corneal transplant rejection.
LX201 is currently being tested in the one-year pivotal LUCIDA clinical trial program, comprising two controlled studies investigating the use of LX201 in patients at elevated immune-mediated risk of rejection or graft loss subsequent to cornea transplantation.
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