Krystal Biotech Inc. KRYS, +9.85% shares rose Friday after the biotech drug company received Food and Drug Administration approval of a rare skin disease treatment. Krystal shares rose as much as 8% to an intraday high of $94.61 after the FDA approved the company’s drug Vyjuvek to treat dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, a rare genetic condition that causes a person’s skin to tear very easily, and lacks any approved treatment. The approval is for patients as young as six months old, the company said.
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