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Sun Underlines 'Competitive Profile' Of Psoriasis Asset In Crowded Market

 
• By Anju Ghangurde

India's Sun Pharma, the world's fifth largest specialty generic company, emphasized the "very competitive profile" of its late-stage psoriasis asset, tildrakizumab, at its Q2 earnings, but will that hold in a market that is expected to become increasingly saturated?

India's top ranked drug firm, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.said that preparations for a potential Biologics License Application (BLA) filing in the US are ongoing for tildrakizumab, its late stage IL-23p19 inhibitor for psoriasis, and the management believes that it has an "attractive" product on hand that comes with a "very competitive profile" for the clinician.

Sun acquired worldwide rights to tildrakizumab in 2014 from Merck & Co. Inc., which is responsible for the submission...

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