Amgen’s TEPEZZA®▼ (teprotumumab) Granted Marketing Authorisation as the First Targeted Treatment Specifically for Adults With Moderate-to-severe Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) in the United Kingdom
CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Amgen announced that the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted marketing authorisation for TEPEZZA® (teprotumumab) as the first therapy specifically licensed for the treatment of adult patients with moderate-to-severe Thyroid Eye Disease (TED). Affecting approximately 50,000 people in the UK,1 TED is a progressive and potentially vision-threatening condition, which can cause eye bulging, double vision, eye pain, r