By Sabela Ojea

PureTech Health PLC said Friday that a product of its founded entity Vor Biopharma Inc. has been granted fast track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The London-listed biotechnology company said Vor Biopharma's VOR33 lead engineered stem cell is now a therapeutic candidate for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.

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