A study found that ixekizumab decreases disease activity and increases physical function in biologic-naive patients with active psoriatic arthritis…
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Adalimumab-atto, Biosimilar to Humira, Receives FDA Approval
Adalimumab-atto, a biosimilar to adalimumab (Humira), has been approved by the FDA to treat multiple autoimmune diseases…
FDA Approves Ustekinumab for Crohn’s Disease
(Reuters)—Johnson & Johnson says on Monday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the company’s psoriasis drug, ustekinumab (Stelara), for use in adults with Crohn’s disease. The drug is approved in the U.S. to treat plaque psoriasis and a type of arthritis associated with psoriasis. Crohn’s is a chronic inflammatory condition in the gastrointestinal…
Rheumatology Drug Updates: Ixekizumab Improves Work Productivity, plus Vobarilizumab Completes Phase 2 Trial in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ixekizumab Improves Work Productivity in Patients with Plaque Psoriasis Indirect costs of reduced work productivity can have a significant impact on a patient’s quality of life. A recent article published in JAMA Dermatology analyzed the results of three multicenter, randomized double-blind Phase 3 trials, UNCOVER-1, UNCOVER-2 and UNCOVER-3, which evaluated the effect of ixekizumab on…
FDA Approves Etanercept-szzs Biosimilar
Although it may not be available until 2017, the FDA approved the use of etanercept-szzs for multiple autoimmune diseases…
Novartis Bid to Sell New Biosimilar Crimped by U.S. Court Battles
ZURICH (Reuters)—Novartis has won U.S. approval for a copy of Amgen’s blockbuster arthritis drug Enbrel, but the Swiss drugmaker’s bid to muscle in on the medicine’s $4.7 billion in annual U.S. revenue remains blocked by court battles. Novartis’s Sandoz unit said on Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Erelzi, its biosimilar copy…
U.S. FDA Approves Biosimilar to Etanercept
(Reuters)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Novartis AG’s biosimilar version of Amgen Inc.’s arthritis drug etanercept (Enbrel). The FDA approved the drug, Erelzi, known also as etanercept-szzs, for multiple inflammatory conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis and plaque psoriasis, a skin condition. The agency approved the drug as a biosimilar, meaning there is no…
Biosimilars Update: FDA Panel Voted to Approve Biosimilars for Etanercept & Adalimumab at July Meeting
In July, the FDA’s Arthritis Advisory Committee will meet and review proposed biosimilars for etanercept and adalimumab to treat multiple rheumatic diseases…
FDA Panel Supports Novartis Biosimilar of Etanercept
(Reuters)—Novartis AG’s cheaper version of Amgen Inc.’s arthritis drug etanercept (Enbrel) is highly similar in potency and safety to the original and should be approved, an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded on Wednesday. The panel voted 20–0 that there is no clinically meaningful difference between Novartis’s drug, a biologic made…
FDA Panel Backs Amgen Biosimilar of Humira
(Reuters)—Amgen Inc.’s cheaper version of AbbVie’s top-selling arthritis drug adalimumab (Humira) is highly similar to the original and should be approved, an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded on Tuesday. The panel voted 26–0 that the drug, ABP 501, which was studied in rheumatoid arthritis and plaque psoriasis, was similar in…
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