Aldeyra (ALDX) announced that the European Medicines Agency has granted orphan designation for ADX-2191 for the treatment of inherited retinal dystrophies of the rod-dominant phenotype, including retinitis pigmentosa. There are currently no approved drug treatments for patients with most forms of retinitis pigmentosa, a clinical group of rare genetic eye diseases characterized by retinal cell death and loss of vision. Retinitis pigmentosa affects more than one million people worldwide and remains a significant cause of inherited blindness.
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