Another EU Filing Targets Burgeoning NMOSD Market

Viela and Roche both now have marketing applications that are being reviewed by the European Medicines Agency. If approved in the EU, their products will compete with Alexion’s blockbuster Soliris.

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EU regulators are starting to review Viela's marketing application for inebilizumab • Source: Shutterstock

Inebilizumab, Viela Bio’s orphan drug for treating the rare neuroinflammatory autoimmune disease, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), is among the latest batch of products that the European Medicines Agency is starting to review for pan-EU approval.

Inebilizumab, which was approved in the US last June as Uplizna, is targeting a burgeoning market.

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