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Celgene Plots Blockbuster Course For Ozanimod

 
• By Jessica Merrill

Celgene, in need of good news, posted positive data on a potential blockbuster for multiple sclerosis at the joint ECTRIMS-ACTRIMS meeting. Ozanimod could have important safety and tolerability advantages over Gilenya, but investors already were expecting good news.

Multiple Sclerosis

Celgene Corp. is ramping up for commercialization of ozanimod in multiple sclerosis, although a potential launch is at least a year out. Inflammation & Immunology President Terrie Curran said the company already is expanding marketing, patient services and field sales as it preps to move into a new therapeutic area, during a presentation at the joint ECTRIMS-ACTRIMS meeting in Paris Oct. 28.

The company released detailed results from two Phase III trials, RADIANCE and SUNBEAM, testing ozanimod in patients with MS during...

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