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FDA approves new treatment for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis

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On Dec. 12, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved use of Nucala (mepolizumab) to treat adult patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), a rare autoimmune disease that causes vasculitis. This new indication if the first FDA-approved therapy for EGPA.

Read more via Fda.gov.

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