Trelegy Approval Boosts GSK's US Respiratory Business But Pressure Remains

 
• By Eleanor Malone

With the FDA approval of Trelegy Ellipta, GlaxoSmithKline will enjoy first-to-market status with a LABA/LAMA/ICS triple combination therapy to treat COPD in the US. However, it faces the challenge of convincing payers.

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Trelegy is the lone COPD triple therapy in the US...for now

GlaxoSmithKline PLC has become the first company to win approval for a triple combination therapy to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the US. The FDA has approved once-daily Trelegy Ellipta two months ahead of its expected user fee date of Nov. 21, 2017, giving it first-to-market advantage in the biggest market for COPD treatments. Trelegy comprises the inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) fluticasone furoate, the long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) umeclidinium, and the long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist (LABA) vilanterol dosed once daily in the Ellipta dry powder inhaler,

The impending launch of Trelegy Ellipta, coming after "the confirmed success" of dual therapy Relvar/Breo Ellipta [fluticasone furoate and vilanterol]...

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