Capricor Completes Submission Of BLA For Deramiocel For Treatment Of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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(RTTNews) - Biotechnology company Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR) Thursday announced the completion of the submission of its Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking full approval for deramiocel, an investigational cell therapy, to treat patients diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) cardiomyopathy.

"The submission of the BLA marks a pivotal step for Capricor and those impacted by DMD. This BLA is the culmination of a body of work that has been focused on bringing this potentially transformational therapy to those patients in need," said Linda Marban, Chief Executive Officer of Capricor. "We believe that the strength of this application is that deramiocel has shown in multiple clinical trials attenuation of the cardiac implications of DMD. We look forward to working with the FDA throughout the review process to support this potential approval."

The full submission of the rolling BLA was completed as the company had previously guided in late December 2024 and is supported by Capricor's existing cardiac data from its Phase 2 HOPE-2 and HOPE-2 Open Label Extension (OLE) trials compared to natural history data from an FDA funded and published dataset on the implications of DMD cardiomyopathy and potential biomarkers of disease progression.

Capricor has requested a priority review, which, if granted, would reduce the review timeline from the standard 10-month to a priority 6-month review from the date the submission is accepted by the FDA.