4D Molecular Therapeutics announced that the FDA has granted the Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to 4D-150 for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME).
“This milestone validates the potential of 4D-150 to address the significant unmet needs of patients with DME, a second large market retinal vascular disease indication after wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD),” said David Kirn, MD, co-founder and CEO of 4DMT. “The RMAT designation is based on the review of our results to-date from our ongoing 4D-150 SPECTRA DME study, underscoring the potential of 4D-150 to sustain visual acuity improvements while dramatically reducing treatment burden for patients. This designation in DME follows the RMAT designation granted for 4D-150 in wet AMD, and to our knowledge, 4D-150 is the first investigational medicine to be granted the designation in both indications. We look forward to continuing our ongoing collaboration with the FDA to advance 4D-150 into Phase 3 development with an aligned-upon single Phase 3 trial for approval in DME, combined with our two wet AMD 4FRONT Phase 3 clinical trials.”
RMAT designation is part of the 21st Century Cures Act. The program was created to expedite the development and review of regenerative medicine therapies intended to treat, modify, reverse or cure a serious condition. Receiving RMAT designation offers sponsor companies all the benefits of the fast track and breakthrough therapy designation programs, allowing for early, close and frequent interactions with the FDA with the goal of expediting drug development.
About 4D-150
4D-150 is a potential backbone therapy that is designed to provide multi-year sustained delivery of anti-VEGF (aflibercept and anti-VEGF-C) from the retina with a single, safe, intravitreal injection. 4D-150 utilizes our customized and evolved intravitreal vector, R100, which was invented at 4DMT through our proprietary Therapeutic Vector Evolution platform.
4D-150 is being developed for wet AMD and DME, which both affect millions of patients globally, with the goal of freeing patients from burdensome injections while preserving vision