Gentium S.p.A. Receives European Medicines Agency Orphan Drug Designation For Defibrotide For The Prevention Of GvHD

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VILLA GUARDIA, Italy, Nov. 19, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gentium S.p.A. (Nasdaq:GENT) (the “Company”) announced today that the European Commission (“EC”) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to Defibrotide for the prevention of Graft versus Host Disease (“GvHD”). The designation follows a positive opinion released by the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (“COMP”) of the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”), on October 10, 2013.

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