Alexion’s rare disease drug Soliris has a new indication after the FDA approved it for a disease that attacks the optic nerves.Approval of Soliris (eculizumab) for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) in adults who have the anti-aquaporin-4 antibody opens up further revenues for Alexion, which has already built a blockbuster franchise around the drug. Although only approved in a handful of rare diseases, the complement-inhibiting drug generated $962 million for Alexion in Q...
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Alexion Pharmaceuticals is a company focused on ultra-rare diseases, although it is working on a shift into rare diseases. This may sound like something of a minor shift, but it represents developing drugs for more diseases with larger patient populations. The company’s success has been built primarily on its Soliris (eculizumab), a complement inhibitor. The drug has been approved for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS) and for generalized M...
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The federal government’s probe into pharma’s co-pay assistance charities has snared some of the biggest names in the business, and Thursday the Department of Justice said three drugmakers have inked settlements totaling $122.6 million. Jazz, Lundbeck and Alexion each struck deals with the DOJ—worth $57 million, $52.6 million and $13 million, respectively—to resolve allegations of using payments to charities as “conduits” to help Medicare and other patients aff...
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Alexion has partnered with Sema4 to leverage their shared experience in data science and systems biology to accelerate rare disease diagnosis and therapeutic discovery. This new partnership will combine Alexion's rare disease SmartPanel analytics with Sema4's sequencing and genomic interpretation to further enable novel diagnostic and therapeutic insights into rare diseases. The world-class sequencing capabilities at Sema4 coupled with Alexion's SmartPanel analytics will enable a comprehensive e...
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