Pfizer and Lilly announce tanezumab BLA accepted

2 March 2020
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a Biologics License Application (BLA) for tanezumab 2.5mg administered subcutaneously (SC) for patients with chronic pain due to moderate-to-severe osteoarthritis (OA), who have experienced inadequate relief with other analgesics.

Tanezumab is a monoclonal antibody being developed by US pharma companies Pfizer (NYSE: LLY) and Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) that is part of an investigational class of non-opioid chronic pain medications known as nerve growth factor inhibitors.

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