Orphazyme fails trial in muscle wasting disease

Orphazyme's drug arimoclomol has not shown the desired effect in a pivotal phase II/III trial involving 150 patients with inclusion body myositis (IBM).
Photo: Orphazyme/PR
Photo: Orphazyme/PR
BY ELIZABETH MØNSTED JOHANSEN, TRANSLATED BY NIELSINE NIELSEN

On Monday morning, Orphazyme was forced to announce that the firm had not seen the results from the phase II/III trial with arimoclomol as treatment for inclusion body myositis (IBM) for which the company management had hoped.

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