Ascendis Pharma Lands Long-Awaited FDA Drug Approval in Rare Hormone Deficiency
Ascendis Pharma A/S has announced that the FDA has approved YORVIPATH (palopegteriparatide; developed as TransCon PTH) for the treatment of hypoparathyroidism in adults. YORVIPATH, a prodrug of parathyroid hormone (PTH[1-34]), is administered once daily and designed to provide continuous exposure to PTH over a 24-hour period. Hypoparathyroidism, affecting an estimated ~270K people in the 7MM, is a rare endocrine disease caused by insufficient levels of parathyroid hormone.
Jan Mikkelsen, Ascendis Pharma’s President and CEO, expressed gratitude for the approval, stating, “FDA approva...