Argenx's Ambitious Plans For Efgartigimod On Track

Second Compound, ARGX-117, Shows Potential

The company's first-in-class FcRn antagonist, which has an FDA action date in December, is now being reviewed by the EMA and although the regulator rejected a request for an accelerated assessment of efgartigimod for generalized myasthenia gravis, commercial teams are being built up in Europe.

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argenx has set out its strategy up to 2025 • Source: Alamy

As Europe's regulators start their review of efgartigimod for generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), argenx N.V. has been beefing up its commercial operations while expanding the number of indications planned for the Belgian-Dutch biotech's pipeline-in-a-product opportunity.

The company has announced that the European Medicines Agency has validated the marketing authorization application for the FcRn antagonist as...

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