MHLW Grants Orphan Status to Eculizumab, 2 More APIs

May 25, 2021
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on May 24 granted orphan drug designations to three APIs including Alexion Pharmaceuticals’ eculizumab for the treatment of Guillain-Barre syndrome. Eculizumab’s Guillain-Barre syndrome indication has already earned the sakigake fast-track designation, the...read more