Biogen Idec (BIIB: Quote) said it has submitted a New Drug Application, or NDA, to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, for marketing approval of BG-12 (dimethyl fumarate), the company's oral therapeutic candidate for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, or MS.
The company stated that the regulatory submission was based on BG-12's comprehensive development program, in which BG-12 demonstrated significant reductions in MS disease activity coupled with favorable safety and tolerability in the Phase 3 DEFINE and CONFIRM studies.
Biogen noted that it intends to submit a Marketing Authorisation Application for BG-12 to the European Medicines Agency within the coming days.
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