J&J China Approval for Once-Daily Icotyde Faces Pricing and Timing Hurdles
Johnson & Johnson won Chinese approval for once-daily Icotyde, an oral peptide that blocks the IL-23 receptor for plaque psoriasis. The move targets a large patient pool, with more than 8.4 million people in China living with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, but remaining gaps on local pricing and launch plans could complicate how the franchise performs.