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Weekly Dosing with Extended Release Zilucoplan Shows Similar Activity as Daily Dose

A new extended release formulation of zilucoplan, a potential self-administered therapy for patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), given once weekly, achieved complement 5 (C5) inhibition similarly to zilucoplan administered daily, pre-clinical data in non-human primates show. Zilucoplan, developed by Ra Pharmaceuticals, is an artificial peptide that binds to…