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ASH: Argenx cues up a second use for efgartigimod

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Vyvgart is already approved to treat generalised myasthenia gravis, getting a green light for that indication from the FDA a year ago, and launched with a $225,000 per annum price tag in competition with rival gMG drugs like AstraZeneca/Alexion’s C5 inhibitor Soliris (eculizumab).

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Unconventional Approaches Pharma Is Taking to Engage Patients

PM360

Mason learned that lesson while working with argenx to launch VYVGART (efgartigimod alfa-fcab), the first FDA-approved treatment of its kind for adults with anti-AChR antibody positive generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), a rare autoimmune neuromuscular disease. We also put big pull tags on the little pouches that held the items.

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