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| Trade names | Voydeya |
| Other names | ACH-4471 |
| AHFS/Drugs.com | Monograph |
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| Routes of administration | By mouth |
| Drug class | Complement factor D inhibitor |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.398.865 |
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| Formula | C26H23BrFN7O3 |
| Molar mass | 580.418 g·mol−1 |
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Danicopan, sold under the brand name Voydeya, is a medication used for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. [6] [7] It is a complement inhibitor which reversibly binds to factor D to prevent alternative pathway-mediated hemolysis and deposition of complement C3 proteins on red blood cells. [7]
The most common side effects include fever, headache, increased levels of liver enzymes (a sign of possible liver problems) and pain in the extremities (arms and legs). [7]
Danicopan was approved for medical use in Japan in January 2024, [9] in the United States in March 2024, [6] [10] and in the European Union in April 2024. [7] The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers it to be a first-in-class medication. [11]
Danicopan is indicated as add-on therapy to ravulizumab or eculizumab for the treatment of extravascular hemolysis in adults with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. [6] [7]
Danicopan was approved for medical use in Japan, [12] the United States, [6] and the European Union in 2024. [7] The FDA granted the application breakthrough therapy designation. [13]
In February 2024, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the EMA adopted a positive opinion, recommending the granting of a marketing authorization for the medicinal product Voydeya, intended as add-on therapy to ravulizumab or eculizumab for the treatment of residual hemolytic anemia in adults with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). [7] [14] The applicant for this medicinal product is Alexion Europe. [7] Danicopan was approved for medical use in the European Union in April 2024. [7] [8]
In October 2024, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) adopted a recommendation for danicopan as an add-on therapy for adults with the paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) based results from the phase 3 ALPHA trial, which evaluated the efficacy and safety of the drug as an add-on to ravulizumab or eculizumab in patients with PNH who experienced clinically significant extravascular haemolysis. [15]
Danicopan is the international nonproprietary name. [16]