Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG) announced today the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has validated its marketing authorization application (MAA) for lanadelumab (SHP643) and also reports that Health Canada has completed screening and accepted the New Drug Submission (NDS) under Priority Review for this investigational compound.
US regulators are undertaking a speedy review of Shire’s lanadelumab (SHP643) for the prevention of angioedema attacks in patients 12 years and older with hereditary angioedema (HAE).
Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG), the global leader in serving patients with rare diseases, announced today that the European Commission (EC) has approved a label extension granting a new indication for FIRAZYR® (icatibant injection), broadening its use to adolescents and children aged 2 years and older, with hereditary angioedema (HAE) caused by C1-esterase-inhibitor (C1-INH) deficiency. FIRAZYR has been approved in the European Union (EU) since 2008 for symptomatic treatment of acute attacks of HAE in adults with C1-INH deficiency.
US regulators have approved CSL Behring’s Haegarda, the first C1 esterase inhibitor for subcutaneous administration to prevent hereditary (HAE) attacks in adolescent and adults.
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