Roivant Sciences Ltd.-owned Dermavant Sciences Ltd. appears closer to bringing its first commercial product, tapinarof, to market after two Phase III clinical trials testing the novel topical cream met the primary endpoints in psoriasis. Dermavant announced positive data from the studies on 26 August along with plans to complete a regulatory filing for tapinarof with the US Food and Drug Administration in the first half of 2021.
Dermavant's Tapinarof Could Bring Innovation To Topical Psoriasis Market
CEO Todd Zavodnick said the non-steroidal topical cream is poised to become a blockbuster brand.
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