Dyax Kalbitor Is Third To Market For HAE, But First For All Acute Attacks
Executive Summary
Overcoming an FDA advisory committee that expressed doubts about efficacy and potential hypersensitivity reactions and a "complete response" letter asking for a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, Dyax won approval for Kalbitor (ecallantide) Nov. 27 to treat acute attacks of hereditary angioedema in patients 16 and older
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