Alnylam Onpattro’s Expanded Use Gets Weak Thumbs Up From US FDA Panel
Executive Summary
A restrictive label could be the result of the lukewarm endorsement from the majority of the agency’s Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee for use of Onpattro for the treatment of ATTR-associated cardiomyopathy.
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