GSK’s GSK phase III study evaluating its blockbuster drug Nucala (mepolizumab), an anti-IL5 biologic, for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), met its primary endpoint.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a submission from GSK to review a new indication of Nucala (mepolizumab) as an add-on maintenance treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
These are triggered by the IL-5 molecule, which Nucala blocks and helps reduce the number of eosinophils in the airways. NICE have set out restrictive guidelines for the drug’s use. It is ...
GSK has been studying Nucala in COPD for some time, and in 2017 reported mixed results for the drug in two earlier phase 3 trials called METREX and METREO. METREX involved patients with a range of ...