Wainua (eplontersen) granted first-ever regulatory approval in US

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London – AstraZeneca and Ionis’ Wainua (eplontersen) has been approved in the US for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis in adults, commonly referred to as hATTR-PN or ATTRv-PN.1 Wainua is the only approved medicine for the treatment of ATTRv-PN that can be self-administered via an auto-injector.2-4 The approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was based on …

NEURO-TTRansform Phase III results presented at AAN

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Washington – Detailed results from the NEURO-TTRansform Phase III trial in patients with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN) showed AstraZeneca and Ionis’ eplontersen met all co-primary endpoints and secondary endpoints at 66 weeks versus an external placebo group.1 The positive results being presented today in an Emerging Science Session at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 2023 Annual Meeting in …