Approval applications for the first potential treatments for the rare liver disease progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) from Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Albireo Pharma, Inc. are now under review in the US and EU.
PFIC Space Hots Up With Albireo and Mirum Filings
Promising Therapies For Rare Liver Disease
Patients with the rare condition progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) look set to have two possible therapeutic choices if recent filings for two IBAT inhibitors are successful.

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