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NEW YORK , July 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Klotho Neurosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: KLTO), a gene and cell therapy company focused on the treatment of neurodegenerative and other aging-related diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to the company's novel secreted-Klotho (s-KL) promoter, gene and delivery system (KLTO-202, or s-KL-AAV.myo) for the treatment of ALS. The FDA grants Orphan Drug Designation to drugs and biologics that are intended for safe and effective treatment, diagnosis or prevention of rare diseases or disorders that affect fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. The Orphan Drug Designation provides certain incentives, such as tax credits, toward the cost of human clinical trials and a waiver for the payment of the GDUFA User Fee for market applications.