Lining up against rivals, Amgen and Novartis build a blockbuster case for their CGRP migraine drug
Amgen $AMGN and its partners at Novartis $NVS rolled out a fresh batch of solidly positive data from the latest Phase III study of their CGRP migraine drug erenumab, backing up their belief that they can break past a lineup of rivals and make a blockbuster score following a near certain approval now on the horizon.
The drug, which they plan to sell as Aimovig, will likely be challenged by a group of competitors from Eli Lilly $LLY, Teva $TEVA and Alder $ALDR that have all demonstrated broadly significant data in cutting the number of migraine days experienced by a chronic sufferer. So they plan to hit the market with a battering ram of data to help clear the way with providers.
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