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Givosiran Cuts Rate of Attacks in Acute Hepatic Porphyria, Trial Shows

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has announced that its investigational therapy givosiran achieved the primary efficacy and the majority of secondary endpoints in the ENVISION Phase 3 trial with acute hepatic porphyria patients. Treatment with givosiran significantly reduced the annualized rate of porphyria attacks requiring hospitalization, urgent healthcare visits, or hemin administration at home…

Vienna to Host RARE2019 Meeting on Rare Diseases

About 100 scientists, researchers, pharmaceutical executives, and others will converge on Austria’s capital city early next month for the 2nd International Congress on Advanced Treatments in Rare Diseases. The March 4-5 meeting, to take place at the Hilton Am Stadtpark Vienna, features 27 speakers on a variety of disorders…