Sanofi Secures World First Approval For Dupixent In COPD With EU Nod

The French drugmaker can now boast seven approvals for its huge-earning IL-4/IL-13 inhibitor.

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The route to approval in the US has been a bit bumpier but Sanofi is celebrating this morning (3 July) as the European Commission has made its megablockbuster Dupixent the first-ever approved targeted therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

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