Humira

Sep 13, 2024

Currently, leading hidradenitis suppurativa drugs on the market include UCB Biopharma’s BIMZELX (bimekizumab), Novartis’ COSENTYX (secukinumab), and AbbVie/Eisai’s HUMIRA (adalimumab). HUMIRA dominated the market until 2023, despite its US composition-of-matter patent expiring in December 2016. AbbVie maintained a ...

Sep 06, 2024

Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects the hair follicles and apocrine sweat glands. Hidradenitis suppurativa affects approximately 1% of the population, with women being more commonly affected than men. It often begins after puberty, usually in the 20s or 30s. In 2023, the ...

Dec 01, 2023

The FDA recently approved Amgen’s Wezlana (ustekinumab-auub) for various inflammatory conditions, marking the first biosimilar approval referencing the popular J&J drug Stelara (ustekinumab). Wezlana, mirroring its reference product, is approved for treating multiple inflammatory diseases in adults, including m...

Jan 13, 2023

Behcet’s syndrome is an uncommon multisystem inflammatory ailment marked by ulcers in the mouth and genitalia, different skin lesions, and eye abnormalities. It is linked to several new clinical symptoms, all caused by an underlying vasculitis that affects arteries of all diameters. The HLA-B*5101 allele of HLA-...

Oct 28, 2022

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a type of chronic inflammatory arthritis that affects approximately 1 in every 10 people with psoriasis. According to the National Psoriasis Foundation, psoriasis is most common in adults aged 30 to 50. However, psoriatic arthritis can develop at any age, including children. Accordin...

Sep 23, 2022

Almost two decades ago, there were limited options for ulcerative colitis treatment. The readily available ulcerative colitis therapies were aminosalicylates and immunomodulators (azathioprine, 6-mercaptopurine, and methotrexate), with biologics (Adalimumab, Golimumab, infliximab, Ustekinumab, and Vedolizumab) rese...

Feb 22, 2022

Sandoz Launches generic Revlimid in 19 European Countries, Bringing a Flood of Competition to BMS' Megablockbuster Since Bristol Myers Squibb acquired Celgene and its megablockbuster Revlimid, the company has been bracing for the day when the multiple myeloma superstar would face generic competition. Sandoz, a s...

Dec 03, 2021

The expiration of many biologic drugs patents has sparked biosimilar development and boosted the biosimilar market growth. Biosimilars are alternative versions of innovator biologic drugs. These are biological products that are similar replicas of the biopharmaceuticals that inspired them. Biosimilars are sometimes...

Nov 29, 2018

Prometic bags USD 50 Million stock sale option to ease a cash crunch Prometic Life Sciences got into an agreement for selling USD 50 million in stock. This gives Prometic a way to escape its current financial pressures. Canada-based Prometic was asked by the FDA to make and validate process changes for Ryplazim, a c...

Nov 21, 2017

EMA to relocate to Amsterdam by March 2019 Results of the Monday's vote for the European Medicines Agency relocation led to the emergence of Amsterdam as the new headquarters, beating the other finalists Milan and Copenhagen. Nineteen European Union member states submitted proposals for the EMA headquarters, and Mil...