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BioCryst Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for ORLADEYO™ (berotralstat), an Oral, Once-daily Therapy to Prevent Attacks in Patients with Hereditary Angioedema
For investors and media only RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Feb. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX) today announced
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[{"type":"text","content":"For investors and media only RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Feb. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion recommending the approval of ORLADEYO™ (berotralstat) for routine prevention of recurrent attacks of hereditary angioedema (HAE) in adult and adolescent patients aged 12 years and older. The European Commission (EC) will review the CHMP recommendation and a final approval decision from the EC on the marketing authorization application (MAA) for ORLADEYO is expected in the second quarter. If approved, ORLADEYO would be the first oral, once-daily therapy in the European Union to treat patients with HAE by preventing recurrent attacks. The CHMP positive opinion is based on data from the pivotal APeX-2 clinical trial and supporting data from the APeX-S trial. In APeX-2, ORLADEYO met its primary endpoint (p","length":1542,"tagName":"div"}]