BOSTON – Researchers have published the results of a clinical trial that led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to recently approve mitapivat for the treatment of adults with pyruvate kinase ...
Pyruvate kinase deficiency, the most common genetic lesion in the glycolytic pathway, leads to chronic hemolytic anemia. Mitapivat, an oral agent, can activate some mutant enzymes and restore red-cell ...
Findings showed 28.1% of patients treated with mitapivat achieved a TRR vs 11.8% of patients who received placebo. A phase 3 trial evaluating mitapivat in pediatric patients with pyruvate kinase ...
– ACTIVATE-Kids is the First Study to Demonstrate Efficacy of an Oral Therapy for Children with PK Deficiency Who Are Not Regularly Transfused – – Safety Results Consistent with Safety Profile for ...
– Data Suggest Long-term Treatment with PYRUKYND ® in Adults with PK Deficiency is Associated with Improvements in Hemoglobin, Iron Overload, Transfusion Burden and Patient-reported Outcomes, ...
(RTTNews) - Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AGIO) announced Friday that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a positive opinion on ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for Priority Review the New Drug Application for SL1009 (sodium dichloroacetate oral solution) for the treatment of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex ...
Results from a phase 3 clinical indicate that the oral drug mitapivat is safe and effective for treating adults with pyruvate kinase deficiency, a genetic condition that causes red blood cell ...