Teva's Cinqair OK'd, But Narrower Use Than GSK's Nucala

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. gained US approval on March 23 to market Cinqair (reslizumab) as an add-on maintenance treatment for adults 18 years or older with severe asthma with an eosinophilic phenotype.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. gained US approval on March 23 to market Cinqair (reslizumab) as an add-on maintenance treatment for adults 18 years or older with severe asthma with an eosinophilic phenotype.

But the FDA turned the Israeli firm down on use of the drug in the adolescent population – meaning it's going to have a tougher time competing against

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