Sanofi's Oral Treatment For Sleeping Sickness Gets FDA Approval

by Vandana Singh, Benzinga Editor

July 19, 2021 1:19 PM | 1 min read | Make a Comment

The FDA has approved Sanofi SA's SNY fexinidazole as the first all-oral treatment for both stages of the Trypanosoma brucei gambiense form of sleeping sickness in patients six years of age and older and weighing at least 20 kg.
Sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease transmitted by the bite of an infected tse-tse fly.
Fexinidazole is indicated as a 10-day once-a-day treatment.
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