News

Tegsedi and Onpattro May Ably Treat FAP, But Are Overpriced, ICER Reports

Prices for Tegsedi (inotersen) and Onpattro (patisiran) far exceed  thresholds for cost-effectiveness, despite their likely health benefits to people with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR) and their families, a report by a nonprofit group that analyzes U.S. treatment costs states. It recommended that the pharmaceutical companies marketing…

Tegsedi Approved in US for Treatment of FAP in Adults

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval to Tegsedi (inotersen), by Akcea Therapeutics and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, for the treatment of adults with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (hATTR), also called familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP). Along with approval in the U.S., Tegsedi was also approved in Canada this month and in the…