Last week, Novartis AG’s complement factor B inhibitor iptacopan scored an approval in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) under the name Fabhalta. Today it posted a different type of success, a clinical one, in the Phase III APPEAR-C3G in C3 glomerulopathy (C3G).
Novartis’s Fabhalta Hits In Glomerulopathy But How Hard?
So far, Novartis has only reported that its Phase III trial has succeeded and investors face a wait to find out just how good the drug is.

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