Deflazacort - Marathon Pharmaceuticals
Alternative Names: 21 desacetyl DFZ prodrug; DFZ; EMFLAZA; MP-104Latest Information Update: 18 Jun 2023
At a glance
- Originator Marathon Pharmaceuticals
- Developer Marathon Pharmaceuticals; PTC Therapeutics
- Class Anti-inflammatories; Antiallergics; Antiasthmatics; Antipsoriatics; Antirheumatics; Glucocorticoids; Oxazoles; Pregnenediones; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Immunosuppressants; Steroid receptor agonists
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Discontinued Limb girdle muscular dystrophies
Most Recent Events
- 22 Apr 2023 Pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety data from a preclinical study in Duchenne muscular dystrophy presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology 2023 (AAN-2023)
- 27 Jun 2022 PTC Therapeutics terminates phase III trial due to low enrollment and missing efficacy assessment data related to COVID-19.in Muscular dystrophy in US, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Russia and Sweden (NCT03783923)
- 24 Jun 2021 Pooled efficacy data from clinical trials in Duchenne muscular dystrophy released by PTC Therapeutics