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.

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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.

Sun, Novartis and multiple other players in the increasingly competitive psoriasis market presented results for approved and pipeline therapies during the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) meeting Feb. 16 to 19 in San Diego

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