ALS drug will be pulled from US market after study showed patients didn't benefit

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The maker of a drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease that recently failed in a study says it will pull the medicine from the U.S. market

FILE - This image provided by Amylyx Pharmaceuticals shows the drug Relyvrio. The maker of a drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease that recently failed in a large study said Thursday, April 4, 2024 it will pull the medicine from the U.S. market, acknowledging it didn't help patients with the deadly neurological condition.

The Food and Drug Administration approved the much-debated drug, Relyvrio, in September 2022, following a years-long advocacy campaign by patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Amylyx also said Thursday it will lay off 70% of its more than 350 employees as part of a major restructuring effort. Company executives said they plan to continue studying Relyvrio and another experimental drug for several rare diseases, including Wolfram syndrome, which causes childhood diabetes and blindness.

The medication is part of a string of drugs for deadly, degenerative diseases that have won FDA approval in recent years despite questionable evidence they work.

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Drug for Lou Gehrig’s Disease Pulled from MarketAmylyx Pharmaceuticals will no longer sell a drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease as it did not prove effective. Patients already taking the therapy can continue to receive it for free.
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