FDA approves the third NMOSD drug in 18 months as Roche/Genentech beefs up its portfolio of drugs for neurological disorders
There were no FDA approved treatments for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder at the start of 2019. Now, as of Friday, there are three.
The latest entrant to the market is the Roche/Genentech drug satralizumab after US regulators gave it the thumbs-up late Friday. An IL-6 inhibitor, the drug joins Alexion’s Soliris and AstraZeneca spinout Viela Bio’s Uplizna. The annual cost of satralizumab — which will hit the market as Enspryng — will be $190,000 for 13 doses, a Genentech spokesperson said, though the first year of treatment requires 15 doses and cost about $220,000.
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