AstraZeneca announced that the Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved Soliris® (eculizumab) to treat a new indication: neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). Soliris® is the first and only complement inhibitor approved for the treatment of NMOSD in China.
On 24 August 2023 Soliris® was approved in Japan for a new indication to treat paediatric patients with generalised myasthenia gravis.