John Reed (Endpoints JPM19, Jeff Rumans)

An­a­lysts poured cold wa­ter, but FDA gives a fast-pass for Sanofi's new Pompe dis­ease drug

An­a­lysts didn’t love the re­sults from Sanofi’s piv­otal Pompe dis­ease study, but the FDA has ev­i­dent­ly seen enough promise to give it an ex­pe­dit­ed look.

On Wednes­day, the French gi­ant an­nounced that the agency has giv­en pri­or­i­ty re­view for their Pompe dis­ease drug aval­glu­cosi­dase al­fa, hand­ing them a PDU­FA da­ta for May 18 and a chance to get a fur­ther head start on Am­i­cus and the ri­val drug now in Phase III.

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