Japan Approvals Include World-First For Skyrizi, Kymriah As Asia's First CAR-T

Japan approves a large batch of new products including significant first nods globally for AbbVie's antibody for psoriasis and Japan's first gene-based therapy, as well as a pioneering first approval in Asia for a CAR-T drug.

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Kymriah, Skyrizi Among Big Batch Of Japan Approvals • Source: Shutterstock

The latest batch of product approvals in Japan includes the first to be granted anywhere globally for AbbVie Inc.'s anti-interleukin-23 antibody Skyrizi (risankizumab), as well as nods for Japan’s first gene-based therapy and a pioneering marketing clearance in Asia for a CAR-T drug, Novartis AG's Kymriah.

Skyrizi, being developed globally in a collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, was approved for plaque psoriasis, generalized pustular psoriasis, erythrodermic psoriasis and psoriatic

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