FDA rejects Akcea rare-disease drug that uses gene-blocking technology
The FDA on Monday rejected Akcea Therapeutics' application to market Waylivra, its drug for familial chylomicronemia syndrome.
by Kate Sheridan
Aug 27, 2018
1 minute
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday rejected Akcea Therapeutics’ application to market Waylivra, its drug for familial chylomicronemia syndrome, in the United States.
Akcea didn’t give a reason for the rejection. Waylivra, also known as volanesorsen, would have been Akcea’s
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