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Annexon Submits Tanruprubart Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Agency for Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Potential to Be the First Targeted Fast-Acting Therapy for GBS, Setting a New Standard of Care BLA Submission with U.S./European Data from FORWARD Trial Planned in 2026 BRISBANE, Calif., Jan. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Annexon, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANNX), a biopharmaceutical company advancing the next generation platform of targeted immunotherapies aimed at neuroinflammatory diseases that impact nearly 10 million people worldwide, today announced it has submitted a Marketing Authorization Application
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