FDA Reviews Kidney Disease Drug From Apellis Pharmaceuticals
1. FDA granted Priority Review for APLS's Empaveli for C3G and IC-MPGN. 2. Phase 3 VALIANT results showed significant proteinuria reduction in treated patients. 3. Empaveli achieved favorable safety profile consistent with established data. 4. Market size for C3G could be larger post-approval of Empaveli. 5. APLS stock rose 8.05% following the FDA news.