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FDA Approves Sun Pharma’s LEQSELVI to Treat Severe Alopecia Areata

LEQSELVI delivered statistically significant efficacy across two Phase 3 trials.

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By: Kristin Brooks

Managing Editor, Contract Pharma

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. received approval from the FDA for LEQSELVI (deuruxolitinib) 8 mg tablets for the treatment of adults with severe alopecia areata. Alopecia areata is a common autoimmune disease in which hair loss is thought to occur due to the collapse of immune privilege, leading to the immune system targeting the hair follicles and causing sudden hair loss on the scalp, face and sometimes other areas of the body. Alopecia areata affects around 700,000 people in the U.S.,...

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