As uter­ine race with Ab­b­Vie heats up, My­ovant eyes FDA ap­proval with tri­al re­sults from prostate can­cer

My­ovant has long had a se­cret weapon in its uter­ine ri­val­ry with Ab­b­Vie: Men.

While the small Swiss biotech has jock­eyed with the Illi­nois-based gi­ant for a foothold in the en­dometrio­sis and uter­ine fi­broid ther­a­py mar­ket, the com­pa­ny has been de­vel­op­ing the same lead com­pound, re­l­u­golix, for use in one of the most com­mon can­cers for the uterus-less: prostate can­cer. To­day, My­ovant is out with pos­i­tive topline re­sults from its big Phase III tri­al on the go­nadotropin-re­leas­ing hor­mone (GnRH) an­tag­o­nist. They say they’ve reached every pri­ma­ry and sec­ondary end­point with p val­ues less than .0001.

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