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Lucia A Keegan  02/05/2007 05:17:06 PM  From  DB/Inbox:  Lucia A Keegan

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UNCLAS        PARIS 00444

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UNCLAS PARIS 000444 
 
SIPDIS 
 
ACTION FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, FOR 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, ATTN: LOUIS ANN BEAVER, 
OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS; 
INFO STATE OES/IHA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO FR
SUBJECT: EMBASSY RESPONSE TO FDA REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF 
PROPOSED GRANT FDA ORPHAN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AWARD: GRANT 
1 RO1 FD 003371-01, PHASE II STUDY ETHANOL GEL L0122 VS 
SOLUTION IN CVM: (IND 70,379; 02/06/06) 
 
REF: STATE 05829 
 
¶1.  U.S. Consul at Embassy's subsidiary American Presence 
Post in Toulouse, France met with ORFAGEN President Patrick 
Dupuy on 1 February in response to request in referenced 
telegram.  Consul confirms that a spin-off of Pierre Fabre 
Laboratories, ORFAGEN, specializes in developing 
dermatological treatments for rare conditions.  The company 
works closely with laboratories in the U.S., especially at 
U.S. research universities, as well as with Pierre Fabre 
researchers to develop its specialty products, although it 
retains "ownership" of products.  ORFAGEN plans to establish 
a U.S. subsidiary in Vermont or New Jersey, employing 
approximately fifteen people.  The staff at its Toulouse 
office are primarily pharmacists, two of whom plan to travel 
to Baltimore at the end of February in connection with the 
subject project.  Mr. Dupuy expressed considerable interest 
in the FDA grant. 
 
¶2.  Embassy sees no objection from a foreign policy 
perspective to the provision of this award to ORFAGEN. 
 
 
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