SEONGNAM, South Korea, Dec. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — SN Bioscience Inc. (CEO Young Hwan PARK) announced that the FDA had granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) on December 10 for gastric cancer (including gastroesophageal junction cancer) to SNB-101 (API: SN-38) which is a polymer nanoparticle drug under phase 1b/2 clinical trial for small cell lung cancer.
SNB-101 is the world’s first nanoparticle anticancer drug that has formulated extremely insoluble SN-38 into polymer nanoparticles, which is expected to significantly improve therapeutic efficacy and reduce side effects. It is currently undergoing active clinical development for various solid tumor indications in Korea, Europe, and the U.S.A.
Gastric cancer is classified as an extremely rare disease (with a prevalence