Lilly, Allergan Beat Biohaven To Acute Migraine Market With Reyvow, Ubrelvy Launches

After DEA scheduling, Reyvow will be available at pharmacies soon with a list price of $640 for eight tablets. Allergan confirmed that its drug is at pharmacies and prescriptions are being filled.

Tired african-american business woman with headache at office, feeling sick at work, copy space
About three-fourths of migraine sufferers are women • Source: Shutterstock

It was a neck-and-neck race to the market for new acute migraine treatments, Reyvow (lasmiditan) from Eli Lilly & Co. and Ubrelvy (ubrogepant) from Allergan PLC, but both oral drugs are now available for prescription in the US.

More from New Products

Vanrafia Approval Plays Into Novartis’s Multipronged IgAN Approach

 

The approval of another Novartis drug with a different mechanism means the company is further cornering multiple parts of IgAN pathogenesis.

Orphans Cling On To Growth Advantage As Market Share Heads Towards 20%

 

It might be the beginning of the end for the orphan drugs party but there is still sales growth enjoyment to be had for the sector, whose star performers are now looking increasingly like mainstream drugs.

Boehringer Still Sees Plenty Of Juice In Jardiance

 
• By 

Strong sales growth for the German group’s SGLT2 inhibitor in 2024

Pipeline Watch: Seventeen Approvals And Ten Phase III Readouts

Pipeline Watch is a weekly snapshot of selected late-stage clinical trial events and approvals announced by pharmaceutical and biotech companies at medical and industry conferences, in financial and company presentations, and in company releases and statements.

More from Scrip

BeiGene Ends Anti-TIGIT Development In Lung Cancer

 
• By 

BeiGene’s Phase III ociperlimab joins the list of failed TIGIT inhibitors, as candidates from Roche, Merck & Co. and others have failed late-stage studies.

Vanrafia Approval Plays Into Novartis’s Multipronged IgAN Approach

 

The approval of another Novartis drug with a different mechanism means the company is further cornering multiple parts of IgAN pathogenesis.

Orphans Cling On To Growth Advantage As Market Share Heads Towards 20%

 

It might be the beginning of the end for the orphan drugs party but there is still sales growth enjoyment to be had for the sector, whose star performers are now looking increasingly like mainstream drugs.