EU approves Sotyktu for plaque psoriasis
Bristol Myers Squibb announced that the European Commission has approved Sotyktu (deucravacitinib), a first-in-class, selective tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor, for the treatment of adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy, representing a new way of treating this chronic immune-mediated disease
The approval was based on results from the Phase III POETYK PSO-1 and POETYK PSO-2 clinical trials, which demonstrated superior efficacy of once-daily Sotyktu compared to placebo and twice-daily Otezla (apremilast) at both 16 and 24 weeks, with responses maintained through 52 weeks. Additional data from the POETYK PSO long-term extension trial (LTE) also supported approval. The POETYK study program demonstrated a consistent safety profile in patients through three years of continuous treatment.
The most commonly reported adverse reaction was upper respiratory infections (18.9%), most frequently nasopharyngitis. The incidence of serious infection in the Sotyktu group was 0.6% compared to 0.5% in the placebo group. The majority of infections were non-serious and mild to moderate in severity and did not lead to the discontinuation of Sotyktu.