CSL (ASX:CSL) shares rose nearly 1% in morning trade Monday after the biotechnology company secured marketing authorization from Health Canada for Andembry as a once-monthly treatment for hereditary angioedema attacks in adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older.
Andembry is designed to target activated FXII, a plasma protein that plays a key role in the attacks, according to the company's Friday, Aug. 8 release.
Hereditary angioedema is a rare and potentially life-threatening genetic disorder characterized by recurrent and unpredictable attacks of swelling in various parts of the body.