FDA grants Orphan Drug Designation to inclisiran for the treatment of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) 25 Jan 2018 家族性高コレステロール血症ホモ接合体(HoFH) の治療薬として開発中の アンチセンス薬 インクリシランをFDAがオーファン指定。 INCLISIRAN’S FIRST PIVOTAL TRIAL ACHIEVES TARGET ENROLLMENT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE – ORION-11, a Phase III confirmatory clinical trial randomized more than 1,500 patients in 11 weeks – FDA grants Orphan Drug Designation to inclisiran for the treatment of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) – Following encouraging Phase II data, a Phase III clinical trial of inclisiran in HoFH set to begin in 2018 – The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) today announced that the target of 1,500 patients randomized in the ORION-11 trial has been exceeded in 11 weeks – considerably beating its goal of 28 weeks. ORION-11 is a double-blind, randomized Phase III trial designed to confirm the effectiveness and safety of inclisiran, an investigational agent which is potentially a first-in-class lipid-lowering dru...