A preview of Agios Pharma’s sickle-cell study readout 

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December will be a consequential month for Agios Pharmaceuticals and its effort to expand the use and sales of its blood-disease drug Pyrukynd.

The FDA has a Dec. 7 deadline to decide on the approval of Pyrukynd in thalassemia. The review was extended by three months so regulators could consider the need for a risk-management plan to safeguard patients against the potential for liver damage. 

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