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Alexion's Soliris To Treat EU Patients With NMOSD

 
• By John Davis

The market opportunity in the EU for Alexion’s Soliris has increased following European Commission approval of the additional indication, NMOSD. The EU indications for Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Empliciti have been extended to include use with pomalidomide and dexamethasone in a triplet combination for relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma.  

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European patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) will now have an approved therapy for their condition, with Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. announcing on 27 August that the European Commission has extended the indications for Soliris (eculizumab) to include NMOSD; Soliris becomes the disease’s first and only approved medication in the EU.

It’s the second EU approval for an Alexion drug in the past two months – the company’s longer-acting C5 complement...

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