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Phase 3 trial starts for treatment for peanut allergy

It is estimated that more than 30 million people in the United States and Europe have a food allergy, and more than five million people in the United States and Europe have peanut allergy, including more than two million children. Bouyed by success in earlier rounds of FDA testing, Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. (NADSAQ: AIMT) announced earlier today that it has enrolled the first patient in the pivotal Phase 3 PALISADE trial of its lead product candidate, AR101 for the treatment of peanut allergy. Previously, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted AR101 Breakthrough Therapy Designation status, and in September 2014 the FDA gave AR101 fast track designation even before Phase 2 clinical data was available.