GlaxoSmithKline has announced that it has received FDA approval for its fluticasone furoate DPI, to be marketed as Arnuity Ellipta, for the maintenance treatment of asthma. The approval is for 100mcg and 200mcg doses and for patients age 12 and older. GSK submitted the NDA for Arnuity Ellipta in October 2013.
GSK Senior VP and Head, GSK Global Respiratory Franchise, commented, “The approval of Arnuity Ellipta is an important development for GSK and our expanding respiratory portfolio. It is the first asthma treatment from our new portfolio to have gained approval in the US and enables us to begin expanding the range of medicines that we offer to physicians and appropriate patients.”
Read the GSK press release.