Trials & Filings

Novartis’ Cosentyx Wins Two New Approvals

Gains new indications for active ankylosing spondylitis and active psoriatic arthritis

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By: Kristin Brooks

Managing Editor, Contract Pharma

Novartis’ Cosentyx (secukinumab) has been approved by the FDA for two new indications, active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and active psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Both are life-long, painful and debilitating inflammatory diseases that affect the joints and/or spine.   Cosentyx is now the first and only interleukin-17A (IL-17A) antagonist approved for AS, as well as moderate to severe plaque psoriasis and PsA, which impacts as many as 30% of patients with psoriasis. Cosentyx was approved for mode...

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