US regulators have expanded the scope of Janssen Biotech’s Simponi Aria to include the treatment of adults with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) or active ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommend Novartis’ Cosentyx for treating active ankylosing spondylitis that has not responded well enough to conventional therapy.
Novartis and Sandoz are to present new analyses indicating that their biologic Cosentyx could lead to higher responses than AbbVie’s anti-inflammatory super-blockbuster Humira in improving the signs and symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis.