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Ark Therapeutics gets approval for named patients use in Finland

Ark Therapeutics, an Anglo-Finnish company announced that its was granted a permission to supply it's gene therapy drug Cerepro to named patients in Finland. Previously the company had obtained a similar approval for named patients in France after a submission by a local neurosurgeon.

Ark is expected to receive MAA decision from EMEA later this year and possibly become a first company to market gene therapy drugs in EU:

France Gives First Approval For Named Patient Supply Of Cerepro(R)

Ark Therapeutics Group plc ("Ark" or the "Company") (AKT:LSE) today announces that the first Named Patient Supply (NPS) for Cerepro® has been approved by the French Medicines Control Agency (AFSSAPS) following a 'nominative' ATU application (Autorisation Temporaire d'Utilisation) made by a neuro-surgeon in France. Cerepro® (sitimagene ceradenovec), Ark's novel gene-based medicine, is being developed as an Orphan Drug for the treatment of operable malignant glioma.