Defense production act commandeers drug production capacity for vaccines, forcing contract manufacturer to stop producing rare eye disease drug for Horizon Therapeutics
Horizon Horizon in December announced it would delay new patients from starting Tepezza treatment to conserve supply for existing users. Invoking the Defense Production Act is helping increase supply of badly needed COVID-19 vaccines, bringing the U.S. one step closer to ending the pandemic—but as one local drug company has learned, there's a catch. The government mandate to prioritize vaccine production at a biologics manufacturing facility has led to a shortage of Horizon Therapeutics' top-selling product, a new remedy for thyroid eye disease. Tepezza was on track for $850 million in sa...