CHESTERFIELD, United Kingdom, Nov. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Mallinckrodt plc (NYSE: MNK), a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company, today confirmed that it will initiate a company-sponsored, Phase 2 proof-of-concept clinical trial to assess the efficacy of H.P. Acthar® Gel (repository corticotropin injection) in patients with Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease). The study is expected to begin in the first half of... More