Omeros Crashes To All-Time Low On IgAN Failure

Development of narsoplimab in the kidney disease has been called off, making a forthcoming regulatory decision in a different use all the more important.      

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October is not a lucky month for Omeros Corporation. Two years ago, narsoplimab was kicked back by the US Food and Drug Administration in its lead indication of stem cell transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy, knocking 26% off the company’s share price. Then yesterday, the company disclosed the failure of a Phase III trial in the drug’s next most advanced indication, immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN).

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