Depemokimab (GSK3511294) is a long-acting IL-5 antagonist that has an extended half-life.
According to the Zhitong Finance App, on January 4th, the official website of the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the China National Medical Products Administration announced that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.US) has submitted an application for a new indication for the Class 1 new drug depemokimab, which has been accepted. The first application for this drug was accepted by the CDE on January 1st of this year.
According to public information from GSK, depemokimab (GSK3511294) is a long-acting IL-5 antagonist that has an extended half-life and is expected to control patient symptoms with quarterly injections. The product has already achieved positive results in four Phase 3 clinical studies for treating severe asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), and the results of these four trials will be used to support regulatory submissions globally.
According to the official website of the China Clinical Trial Registration and Information Disclosure Platform, GlaxoSmithKline has conducted multiple Phase 3 clinical studies of depemokimab in China, including one Phase 3 study for uncontrolled severe asthma in adults and adolescents with an eosinophilic phenotype, which has been completed, and two Phase 3 studies for CRSwNP that have completed recruitment. In the studies, the administration method of depemokimab was subcutaneous injection every six months or every 26 weeks.