Zeposia May Have Challenges Within Ulcerative Colitis Class
A recently approved product in the ulcerative colitis therapeutic class brings a new mechanism of action. However, according to payers responding to a survey by Zitter Insights, the treatment — Bristol Myers Squibb’s Zeposia (ozanimod) — may have some challenges breaking into the space.
On May 27, the FDA gave an additional indication to Zeposia for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis. It is the first and only sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulator approved for this indication. The agency initially approved the capsule on March 26, 2020, for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Three other oral S1Ps are approved for MS: Gilenya (fingolimod) and Mayzent (siponimod), both from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., and new entrant Ponvory (ponesimod), from the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
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