GlaxoSmithKline announced that its NDA for Trelegy Ellipta fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol for the treatment of COPD has been approved by the FDA. GSK said that Trelegy Ellipta should be available to patients in the US “shortly.”
The FDA approval comes days after the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion recommending approval of GSK’s MAA for Trelegy Ellipta.
GSK Senior VP & Head, Global Respiratory Franchise, Eric Dube said, “COPD is a progressive disease that can worsen over time, and represents a significant burden to patients and healthcare systems. The approval of Trelegy Ellipta, and the addition of a once-daily single inhaler triple therapy to our portfolio of respiratory medicines, is an important milestone for GSK that builds on our long heritage in this area.”
Innoviva CEO Mike Aguiar commented, “This approval represents a significant therapeutic convenience for those appropriate patients already on Breo Ellipta, that require additional bronchodilation or for those patients already on a combination of Breo Ellipta and Incruse Ellipta. Trelegy Ellipta is the latest development in our collaboration with GSK and is testament to our ongoing efforts to advance respiratory medicine.”
Read the GSK press release.
