NHS England has recommended that patients with von Willebrand disease (VWD) be treated with Takeda’s Veyvondi, making it the first and only medicine backed for what is the most common inher
None of the immune-modulating drugs approved to treat ulcerative colitis – even biosimilars – are priced low enough to be cost-effective, says the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review
Takeda has joined the ranks of big pharma companies jettisoning consumer health businesses in order to concentrate on higher-margin prescription drugs.
Roche’s late-stage trial programme for ulcerative colitis candidate etrolizumab has generated some positive and negative results, but leans firmly towards the latter.