Around 5.2 million adults in the UK have moderate to severe atopic dermatitis. Image credit: Shutterstock / Kmpzzz.
England’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence atopic dermatitisended Almirall’s Ebglyss (lebrikizumab) for patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis, giving NHS patients another biological therapy option. Patients over 12 years of age who have not responded to or are not able to take systemic immunosuppressants will be eligible for the therapy, as per a 10 July press release.
Monoclonal antibody Ebgylss will join Sanofi / Regeneron’s Dupixent (dupilumab) and Leo Pharma’s Adbry (tralokinumab) as interleukin-targeting options for treating the skin condition. The Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors Cibinqo (abrocitinib), Olumiant (baricitinib), and Rinvoq (upadacitinib) developed by Pfizer, Eli Lilly, and AbbVie, respectively, are also recommended by NICE.
PeltopepiDupixent ISA Pharmaceuticals for CerCOPDl Cancer: Likelihood of Approval Ebglyss, which was approved in Europe in October 2023, and then two months later in the UK, works by inhibiting interleukin-13 (IL-13) signalling. IL-13 pathways play an important role in inflammation, driving the type-2 inflammatory loop in the skin. Adbry similarly targets IL-13 while Dupixent inhibits IL-13 and IL-4.
Almirall licensed the rights to develop and commercialise Ebglyss in dermatology indications, including atopic dermatitis, in Europe from Dermira in 2019. Dermira was then acquired by Eli Lilly, the latter retaining drug rights in the US and the rest of the world.