New FDA Approvals: FDA Grants Additional Indication to Rinvoq

  • Feb 10, 2022

    Jan. 14: The FDA expanded the label of AbbVie Inc.’s Rinvoq (upadacitinib) to include the treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis in people at least 12 years old whose disease did not respond to previous treatment and is not well controlled with other pills or injections or when those treatments are not recommended. The agency initially approved the Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor on Aug. 16, 2019. Dosing of the tablet for people weighing at least 40 kg who are at least 12 years old and less than 65 is 15 mg once daily and can be increased to 30 mg once daily. For people at least 65, the recommended dose is 15 mg once daily. Website Drugs.com lists the price of 30 15 mg tablets as more than $5,500. Read more
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    Angela has an extensive background of editing, reporting and writing for trade and consumer publications. She has written Radar on Specialty Pharmacy since she joined AIS Health in 2005 and has broad knowledge of the various issues at play within the space. She also has written for Spotlight on Market Access since its 2017 launch. Before joining AIS Health, she was managing editor at Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit News Canada and managing editor at Hem Aware (a hemophilia publication), Lupus Living and Momentum (a multiple sclerosis publication). She has a B.A. in English and an M.A. in British literature from Arizona State University.

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