The first head-to-head study of drugs targeting the pro-inflammatory cytokine iterleukin-17 (IL-17) has shown the superiority of bimekizumab, an investigational monoclonal antibody for the treatment of plaque psoriasis, compared with secukinumab (Cosentyx), an approved drug for the same disease, according to UCB SA, the Belgium-based pharmaceutical company.
The results of the Phase 3b head-to-head trial were announced on 24 July.