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The company announced Tuesday that topline data from the Phase IIb STREAM-AD trial showed that Sanofi’s investigational antibody amlitelimab met the study’s primary outcome and strongly eased symptoms in patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis.

Yesterday’s patent settlement comes as the biopharma industry is faced with one of its steepest patent cliffs. By 2030, nearly 200 medicines will go off-patent, of which 69 are blockbuster drugs.

Pending more positive data and regulatory approval, the company plans to make the antibody available by the end of 2023.

The application to the EMA was based on results from a late-stage study that showed the drug slowed down the rate of cognitive decline in patients with early Alzheimer’s by 27%, compared with a placebo.

The treatment is not expected to neutralize the currently dominant XBB.1.5 subvariant of Omicron.

A rebound of COVID-19 symptoms in some patients after taking Pfizer’s antiviral Paxlovid may be related to a robust immune response rather than a weak one, U.S. government researchers reported on Thursday.