Friday, February 15, 2013

Sanofi says Gaucher pill studies meet goals

Chris Viehbacher, CEO of Sanofi, attends the company's 2012 annual results presentation in ParisPARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi said its experimental pill for Gaucher disease met its main targets in two late-stage studies, which the French drugmaker will use to bolster its case for regulatory approval. Eliglustat tartrate could become the first oral treatment for Gaucher disease - a rare genetic disorder affecting some 10,000 patients - and shake up the market for therapies that currently have to be injected bi-weekly. Eliglustat could generate annual sales of $360 million by 2017, according to ThomsonReuters Pharma forecasts. ...


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