Tag Archive for: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

The FDA has granted Priority Review to Sanofi and Regeneron’s supplemental Biologics License Application seeking to expand its blockbuster antibody therapeutic Dupixent (dupilumab) into chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the companies announced Friday.

The week started off with a clinical bang for Verona Pharma, Kodiak, AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo as these companies posted promising data in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer, and macular edema respectively. 

A patent cliff is looming once again for the biopharma industry, putting some $236 billion in pharmaceutical sales at risk between now and 2030. For context, the top 10 biopharmas in 2021 generated total global sales of $512 billion. In the next eight years, more than 190 drugs will go off-patent for these companies. Of those, 69 are blockbuster drugs.