Use of Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher; Approval of a Drug Product

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the recent approval of a drug product under an application for which the sponsor redeemed a rare pediatric disease priority review voucher. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act), as amended by the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA), authorizes FDA to redeem priority review vouchers submitted by sponsors of product applications that might otherwise not qualify for priority review. These vouchers entitle the holder of such a voucher to priority review of a single human drug application submitted under the FD&C Act or the Public Health Service Act. FDA has approved PRALUENT (alirocumab), manufactured by Sanofi-Aventis U.S. Inc., under a priority review.