Rhythm Pharmaceuticals drug Imcivree met the body mass index reduction goals of a Phase 3 test in hypothalamic obesity, an acquired form of obesity stemming from dysregulation of the MC4R pathway in the hypothalamus. The engineered peptide drug is already approved for two genetically driven types of obesity.
AbbVie drug Skyrizi is now approved for Crohn’s disease, making it the first treatment for the disorder that addresses a particular protein associated with inflammation. In other drug decision news, the Rhythm Pharmaceuticals product Imcivree added the rare disease Bardet-Beidl syndrome as a new approved indication.
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