The company said Friday that it had received FDA approval for Darzalex Faspro, a version of the intravenous Darzalex designed for faster administration and that carries a better toxicity profile.
The FDA approved Sarclisa, a CD38-targeting monoclonal antibody. The drug will face stiff competition from J&J's Darzalex, which has the same antigen target and is approved for the same population of patients.
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The French drugmaker said the agency had accepted its application for isatuximab, a potential competitor to J&J's Darzalex. Positive Phase III data for isatuximab were presented at the ASCO meeting last month.
The company, whose FDA-approved products include the myeloma drug Darzalex and the chronic leukemia drug Arzerra, hopes to launch its own proprietary product by 2025.
A similar drug, Janssen's Darzalex, has already been on the market since 2014 and become well-established, with more than $1 billion in global sales last year.
Janssen halts lung cancer and myeloma trials, citing lack of clinical benefit and greater number of patient deaths in combo arm.
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