Rigel Announces R289 Granted Orphan Drug Designation by the FDA for MDS

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: RIGL), a commercial stage biotechnology company focused on hematologic disorders and cancer, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug designation to R289 for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). R2891, Rigel's potent and selective dual inhibitor of IRAK1 and IRAK4, is being studied in an ongoing Phase 1b study evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmac ...