AAD Roundup: Sun Sets Sights On Psoriasis As Competitive Pressures Mount

Sun presented new data on its IL-23 inhibitor tildrakizumab, pending US FDA approval, at the American Academy of Dermatology meeting. Novartis and others – all competing for payers' dollars – also try to make the case for their products.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is preparing to launch tildrakizumab – which is now under US FDA review – into a market with multiple new agents and where Novartis AG has shown that it will go to great lengths to grow and protect Cosentyx (secukinumab), which has become its second-best-selling product.

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