Horizon Headed For A Breakout Year As Tepezza Relaunch Exceeds Goals

Thyroid eye disease drug Tepezza is now expected to generate more than $1.55bn in full year sales, despite missing a full quarter of revenue.

Tepezza's relaunch is a commercial success • Source: Alamy

Horizon Therapeutics plc's star drug Tepezza (teprotumumab) is fully back up and running after a manufacturing supply issue kept it off the market in early 2021. Revenue for the thyroid eye disease (TED) drug is now expected to exceed $1.55bn in full year sales, the company reported on 4 August.

Tepezza generated $453.3m in revenue in the second quarter, exceeding expectations, after the drug was returned to the market in...

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