BLOOMFIELD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alfacell Corporation (Nasdaq: ACEL), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel ribonuclease therapeutics for cancer, today announced it has filed an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to obtain orphan designation for its lead drug candidate ONCONASE® (ranpirnase) for the treatment of patients with unresectable malignant mesothelioma (UMM). ONCONASE is currently being evaluated in a confirmatory Phase IIIb clinical trial in UMM.
