Novartis's Cosentyx Fails To EXCEED Humira in PsA

'Narrowly Missed' Statistical Significance

The Swiss major's immunology head tells Scrip that while Cosentyx was unable to beat Humira on the 20% improvement scale for symptoms in psoriatic arthritis patients, the totality of the data from the EXCEED study should sway clinicians to use the IL-17 inhibitor as a first-line treatment.

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Mixed results from Cosentyx and Humira head-to-head • Source: Shutterstock

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