Catalyst steps up to provide LEMS patients expanded Firdapse access
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
After recognizing some patients with a rare autoimmune neuromuscular disease, known as Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS), were unable to access treatment for their disease, Florida drug maker Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners stepped up and initiated the process to establish an expanded access program (EAP) for its experimental potassium channel inhibitor Firdapse (amifampridine phosphate).