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Author: Magicure Date: 2022-09-09

Alexion Pharmaceuticals is an American pharmaceutical company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts that specializes in orphan drugs to treat rare diseases. It became a subsidiary of AstraZeneca in 2021.

Alexion Pharmaceutical

Alexion's first drug, Soliris (Eculizumab), launched in 2007, used to treat atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). It has been approved for use in Canada, the European Union, Japan, and the United States.

In September 2011, the FDA approved the use of Soliris as a treatment for atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome in both adults and children.

In October 2017, the FDA approved the use of Soliris to treat adult patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG). In November 2017, the company received a patent for Soliris from the Japan Patent Office.

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