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The FDA has granted Coya 302 a fast-track designation for ALS, according to a press release from Coya Therapeutics. “ALS is a pretty devastating disease,” Fred Grossman, DO, FAPA, president and chief medical officer of Coya Therapeutics, told Healio. “People who have ALS will die essentially between 2 and 5 years after being diagnosed.”
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