Idorsia has become the first drugmaker in the EU to claim approval for a drug for chronic insomnia in the dual orexin receptor antagonist class, ahead of rival drugs from Merck & Co and
Swiss biotech Idorsia has claimed FDA approval for its first product – insomnia treatment Quviviq – setting up a market challenge to class rivals from Merck & Co and Eisai.
Eisai has launched its insomnia drug Dayvigo in Japan, the second in a new class of medicines after Merck & Co’s Belsomra, which made its debut there in 2014.