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FBR Remains Neutral on Alexion Pharma (ALXN); Sees Sales of Kanuma Continuing to Lag

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New Long-Term Data Presented at AASLD Show Reduction in Liver Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in a Cohort of Patients with Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency (LAL-D) Treated with Kanuma® (sebelipase alfa)

November 11, 2016 8:00 AM EST

--Longer Duration of Kanuma Treatment Associated with Greater Reductions in Fibrosis Stage--

--Additional Long-Term Data Show Rapid and Sustained Reduction in ALT, a Marker of Liver Injury, in 98 Percent of Kanuma-Treated Patients at 76 Weeks--

NEW HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXN) announced today that researchers presented new longer-term data from an ongoing, open-label extension of the pivotal Phase 3 ARISE trial of Kanuma® (sebelipase alfa) in children and adults with lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL-D), a genetic and progressive ultra-rare metabolic... More