FDA Grants Priority Review to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and AstraZeneca PLC’s Metreleptin, an Investigational Agent for Treatment of Metabolic Disorders Associated With Rare Forms of Lipodystrophy

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PRINCETON, N.J. & WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted and granted a Priority Review designation for the Biologics License Application (BLA) for metreleptin, an investigational agent for the treatment of metabolic disorders associated with inherited or acquired lipodystrophy (LD), a rare disease estimated to affect a few thousand people around the world, often with an early age of onset.

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