The U.S. Trustee, the bankruptcy arm of the Justice Department, will appoint one or more committees to represent the interests of creditors and stockholders in working with the company to develop a plan of reorganization to get out of debt.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. is an American pharmaceutical company best known for its development of Soliris, a drug used to treat the rare disorders atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH).
Patients received meningococcal vaccination prior to receipt of Soliris. In all studies, the dose of eculizumab was 600 mg every 7 Â± 2 days for 4 weeks, followed by 900 mg 7 Â± 2 days later, then 900 mg every 14 Â± 2 days for the study duration. Soliris was administered as an intravenous infusion over 25 â 45 minutes.