The U.S. Trustee, the bankruptcy arm of the Justice Department, will appoint one or more committees to represent the interests of creditors and stockholders in working with the company to develop a plan of reorganization to get out of debt.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. is an American pharmaceutical company best known for its development of Soliris, a drug used to treat the rare disorders atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH).
Eculizumab is the generic name for the trade chemotherapy drug Soliris. In some cases, health care professionals may use the trade name Soliris when referring to the generic drug name eculizumab. Drug Type: Soliris is a âmonoclonal antibodyâ that binds or attaches to a protein present in the blood. For more detail, see How Soliris Works below.