Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that the MHLW in Japan approved Soliris (eculizumab) as a treatment for patients with generalized myasthenia gravis.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced results from an interim analysis of an ongoing Phase 3 open-label extension study of the pivotal, placebo-controlled REGAIN study of Soliris (eculizumab) for the treatment of patients with refractory generalized myasthenia gravis who are anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive.