Tag: retinal disease

Landmark FDA Approval Is an Important Milestone in Retina Care, Bringing Patients and Physicians an Ophthalmic Bevacizumab Developed Specifically for the Eye Following Years of Rigorous Clinical and Regulatory Evaluation

SAN DIEGO, June 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Belite Bio, Inc (NASDAQ: BLTE) (“Belite Bio^®” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage drug development company focused on advancing novel therapeutics targeting degenerative retinal diseases that have significant unmet medical needs, today announced the completion of its rolling submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for tinlarebant. Tinlarebant is an investigational, once-daily oral therapy for the treatment of Stargardt disease type 1 (STGD1), a rare, inherited retinal disease caused by mutations in the ABCA4 gene that leads to progressive and irreversible vision loss. STGD1 affects an estimated 53,000 people in the U.S. alone, and there are currently no approved treatment options for the disease.

Outcome of Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) meeting provides clear regulatory pathway to approval in a continuous Phase 1 / 2 / 3 study, avoiding the requirement for an additional registrational study and accelerating time to potential approval