Menopause Drug A Priority For Astellas
Fast Track For Fezolinetant
Executive Summary
The Japanese group has used a priority review voucher for fezolinetant to move further ahead of Bayer’s elinzanetant as it seeks regulatory approval to bring a non-hormonal therapy for menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats to market.
You may also be interested in...
Astellas Plots US Portfolio Expansion
US president Mark Reisenauer talked to Scrip about the company's next growth drivers, including fezolinetant for vasomotor symptoms and zolbetuximab for gastric cancer.
Bullish Bayer Highlights Four Future Blockbusters
The German group has shone a light at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on its new launched drugs Nubeqa and Kerendia, plus its late-stage candidates asundexian and elinzanetant, as it prepares for life after patent expiries on Xarelto and Eylea.
Bayer Goes All In With Asundexian And Pulls Two Other Factor XIa Projects
Despite promising mid-stage data for the Ionis-partnered fesomersen and osocimab, licensed from Aronora, the German major has plumped for asundexian as the priority compound for its Factor XIa efforts.