As­traZeneca's Ul­tomiris re­duces episode oc­cur­rence in NMOSD, meet­ing pri­ma­ry and sec­ondary end­points

In the rare dis­ease NMOSD (neu­romyelitis op­ti­ca spec­trum dis­or­der), pa­tients have at­tacks or re­laps­es that may cause new on­set of a range of symp­toms or wors­en­ing of symp­toms, but a Big Phar­ma drug might now be able to re­duce those episodes.

As­traZeneca, through its rare dis­ease group Alex­ion, re­vealed da­ta from the Phase III open-la­bel CHAM­PI­ON-NMOSD tri­al Thurs­day morn­ing. In May, As­traZeneca had re­port­ed the pri­ma­ry end­point, which was time to first re­lapse, had been met in the tri­al.

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