What clinical factors lead KOLs to welcome the approval of AstraZeneca's Interferon alpha beta receptor antagonist Saphnelo? Why are KOLs enthusiastic about the prospects for Bristol Myers Squibb's pipeline TYK2 inhibitor deucravacitinib? How can industry respond to KOLs' need for effective and less toxic steroid-sparing therapies? KOLs critically assess the prospects of launched and pipeline therapies.
Table of Contents
Executive summary
Treatment algorithm
Research objectives
B-cell activating factor inhibitors
- Marketed therapies
- Benlysta (belimumab; AstraZeneca/GlaxoSmithKline)
- Pipeline therapies
- Rozibafusp alfa (AstraZeneca)
- Telitacicept (Yantai Rongchang Pharmaceutical)
Interferon alpha/beta receptor antagonists
- Marketed therapies
- Saphnelo (anifrolumab; AstraZeneca)
Regulatory T-lymphocyte stimulants
- Pipeline therapies
- Efavaleukin alfa (AMG 592; Amgen)
TYK2 kinase inhibitors
- Pipeline therapies
- Sotyktu (deucravacitinib; Bristol Myers Squibb)
Antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity
- Pipeline therapies
- Gazyva/Gazyvaro (obinutuzumab; Roche)
CLEC4C protein inhibitors
CD40 ligand inhibitors
- Pipeline therapies
- Dapirolizumab pegol (Biogen/UCB)
- SAR441344 (ImmuNext)
Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor modulators
- Pipeline therapies
- Cenerimod (Idorsia Pharmaceuticals)
Janus kinase 1 inhibitors
- Pipeline therapies
- Rinvoq (upadacitinib; AbbVie)
Interleukin-2 replacements
- Pipeline therapies
- Rezpegaldesleukin (Eli Lilly and Company)
Dendritic cell inhibitors
Fc receptor antagonists
- Pipeline therapies
- Nipocalimab (Momenta Pharmaceuticals)
Fc gamma receptor IIA antagonists
- Pipeline therapies
- PRV-3279 (Provention Bio)
Future treatment paradigm
- Key insights summary
- Effective and less toxic steroid-sparing therapies are the main unmet need identified by KOLs for SLE
Appendix
- KOL details
- KOLs from the USA
- KOLs from Europe