The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Abeona Therapeutics Inc.’s ZEVASKYN (prademagene zamikeracel) gene-modified cellular sheets, also known as pz-cel, as the first and only autologous cell-based gene therapy for the treatment of wounds in adult and pediatric patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), a serious and debilitating genetic skin disease. There is no cure for RDEB and ZEVASKYN is the only FDA-approved product to treat RDEB wounds with a single application.

“Today’s approval of ZEVASKYN represents a pivotal moment in the treatment of RDEB, answering the call of people living with the clinical, economic, and human impact of this devastating disease,” said Vish Seshadri, Ph.D., M.B.A., CEO of Abeona. “We have heard from the RDEB community that there is a persistent unmet need to reliably address RDEB wounds, especially those that are chronic and prone to infection. Through a single surgical application, ZEVASKYN can now offer people with RDEB the opportunity for wound healing and pain reduction in even the most severe wounds, as evidenced by the results from our pivotal Phase 3 study.”

The FDA approval of ZEVASKYN is based on the pivotal Phase 3 VIITAL study (NCT04227106), a multi-center, randomized, intrapatient-controlled trial that met its two co-primary efficacy endpoints demonstrating statistically significant healing of 50 percent or more from baseline in large chronic RDEB wounds, and pain reduction from baseline as assessed by the Wong-Baker FACES scale, as evaluated at six months after treatment.

Across both clinical studies, ZEVASKYN was well-tolerated with no treatment-related serious adverse events observed to date.

ZEVASKYN is expected to be available beginning in the third quarter of 2025 through ZEVASKYN Qualified Treatment Centers (QTCs).