Top Regulatory News Stories – Week Ending May 10, 2019

The FDA approved two oral formulations of the Pfizer drug tafamidis (to be sold as Vyndaqel and Vyndamax) for the treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR), a debilitating rare genetic disease. https://xconomy.com/new-york/2019/05/06/fda-oks-pfizer-rare-disease-drug-sets-up-battle-with-alnylam-akcea/?mc_cid=2ebda5e74a&mc_eid=3e3fa57749 Jacobus Pharmaceutical Co won FDA approval for the first drug to treat children with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, a rare autoimmune disorder. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jacobus-fda/fda-grants-jacobus-pharma-approval-for-rare-disease-drug-idUSKCN1SC26U The European[…]