ViroPharma (VPHM) Receives NoC from HealthCanada Cinryze NDA

October 22, 2012 8:08 AM EDT
ViroPharma Incorporated (Nasdaq: VPHM) announced that Health Canada has granted a Notice of Compliance (NOC) and approved a New Drug Submission (NDS) for Cinryze™ (C1 inhibitor [human]). Approval of Cinryze was granted for routine prevention of angioedema attacks in adult and adolescents with hereditary angioedema (HAE). Until now, there have been no approved plasma derived C1 inhibitor therapies for routine prevention of HAE attacks in Canada. ViroPharma's Canadian headquarters are located in Oakville, Ontario. We anticipate Cinryze to be commercially available in Canada as early as the second quarter of 2013.


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