Pharming Announces FDA Acceptance for Review of Supplemental Biologics License Application for RUCONEST® for Prophylaxis of Hereditary Angioedema Attacks

LEIDEN, Netherlands, January 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

Pharming Group N.V. ("Pharming" or "the Company") (Euronext Amsterdam: PHARM) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review Pharming's supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for RUCONEST® [Recombinant Human C1 Esterase Inhibitor/ conestat alfa] for routine prophylaxis to prevent attacks in adult and adolescent patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE).  The FDA has indicated that the sBLA is sufficiently complete to permit a substantive review and has set an action date of September 21, 2018.

RUCONEST® is currently approved for the treatment of acute attacks in adult and adolescent patients with HAE. If approved for this new indication, RUCONEST® would become the first C1 inhibitor therapy that would be approved for both acute treatment and prophylaxis of HAE attacks.  

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About HAE 

Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is a rare genetic disorder. It is characterized by spontaneous and recurrent episodes of swelling (edema attacks) of the skin in different parts of the body, as well as in the airways and internal organs. Edema of the skin usually affects the extremities, the face, and the genitals. Patients suffering from this kind of edema often withdraw from their social lives because of the disfiguration, discomfort and pain these symptoms may cause. Almost all HAE patients suffer from bouts of severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea caused by swelling of the intestinal wall.