Roche/Chugai’s RoActemra has now won the backing of the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence for the treatment of eligible patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA).
US regulatory advisors are not recommending approval of Johnson & Johnson’s Plivensia for rheumatoid arthritis, having concluded – based on the data available – that the benefits of the drug do not outweigh the potential risks.
Roche has snapped up rights to an experimental eye disease drug and technology from US biotech Eleven Biotherapeutics in a deal that be worth $270 million.