Novartis Targets Ten Indications For Cosentyx

Potentially As Many As Humira

The Swiss giant is hoping to get seven more approvals for its blockbuster immunology drug over the next 10 years.

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Ten could be the lucky number for Cosentyx • Source: Shutterstock

Having showcased its pipeline at an R&D day, Novartis AG has also unveiled ambitious plans to expand its biggest-selling drug Cosentyx from its three already-approved indications to ten over the next ten years.

Speaking to Scrip before the London event on 5 December, John Tsai, head of global drug development and chief medical officer, said that the immunology drug had proved hugely successful for psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS)

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