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Alexion Pharma (ALXN) Asfotase Alfa Granted Orphan Drug Designation in Japan

September 8, 2014 6:33 AM EDT

Alexion Pharma (Nasdaq: ALXN) announced that Japans Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to asfotase alfa for the treatment of patients with hypophosphatasia (HPP), a genetic, chronic and progressive ultra-rare metabolic disease characterized by defective bone mineralization. Patients with HPP can experience a range of... More