Category: North America

February 9, 2017 Off

FDA approves Marathon Pharmaceuticals’s orphan drug

By Dino Mustafić

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Marathon Pharmaceuticals’s Emflaza (deflazacort) tablets and oral suspension to treat patients age 5 years and older with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic disorder that causes progressive muscle deterioration and weakness.