The agency’s newly issued letter to Sanofi amends one sent in December 2024, and stems from inspections at its Massachusetts drug manufacturing facility in June and July 2024.
CNP-104 is a biodegradable nanoparticle that previously received fast track designation from FDA in January 2022, which would eventually make it eligible for accelerated approval and priority review.
This latest fast track designation marks the second such designation by FDA for J&J’s tau-directed investigational therapies for treating Alzheimer’s disease.
The approval makes HYQVIA [Immune Globulin Infusion 10% (human) with Recombinant Human Hyaluronidase] the first and only facilitated subcutaneous immunoglobulin to be approved in Japan to treat these disorders.