(Updates)
** U.S.-listed shares of Netherlands-based UniQure NV
UQ1.F QURE.O jump as much as 138.2% to a more than one-year
high of $17.39
** Stock set for its best day ever, if gains hold
** Drugmaker says it has reached an agreement with the U.S.
FDA on key elements for an accelerated approval path for its
Huntingdon's disease therapy, AMT-130
** The FDA agreed data from ongoing early-to-mid stage
studies may serve as primary basis for submission for potential
approval, avoiding the need for an additional pre-submission
study, QURE says
** Huntington's disease is a rare, inherited
neurodegenerative disorder
** Including session's moves, stock has more than doubled
YTD
(Reporting by Puyaan Singh)
((Puyaan.Singh@thomsonreuters.com;))