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Sanofi and Regeneron Hit Asthma Phase III Endpoints With Dupixent

 
• By Alexandra Shimmings

Dupixent has upped the ante on Nucala and Cinqair, showing broad activity in Phase III in asthma. But will it be bested by AstraZeneca and Amgen's tezepelumab?

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Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s novel therapy Dupixent (dupilumab) has hit both primary endpoints in a Phase III trial in asthma, showing a greater benefit in those most allergic form of the disease and setting the stage for a US FDA filing to expand its indications by the end of the year.

The product – which was approved in March by the FDA for the treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis in adult...

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