Eli Lilly’s Taltz shows superiority over AbbVie’s Humira

pharmafile | December 18, 2018 | News story | Manufacturing and Production Eli Lilly, Humira, Taltz, arthritis, immune system 

A study has found that Eli Lilly’s Taltz (ixekizumab) met the primary, and all secondary endpoints, in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) who are biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD)-naïve when compared to AbbVie’s Humira.

 The Phase IIIb/IV SPIRIT-H2H study, 566 patients with active PsA demonstrates Taltz’s superiority over the world’s bestselling drug.

Lotus Mallbris, vice president of immunology development at the Indian-based firm suggested that “these results provide evidence that Taltz can be used as a first-line biologic treatment for patients with active psoriatic arthritis.”

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Last month Eli Lilly revealed that sales of Taltz for the third quarter of this year shot up by as much as 74 percent year-over-year increasing to a total of $263.9 million, beating forecasts. Overall, the IL-17 inhibitor had total revenue of $560 million in 2017.

Louis Goss

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