Chugai files for Elevidys approval in Japan for DMD

15 August 2024

Japanese drugmaker Chugai Pharmaceutical (TYO: 4519) has filed a regulatory application with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) for gene therapy delandistrogene moxeparvovec, for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

Trade-marked Elevidys overseas, the drug’s target population aims to include ambulatory boys aged three-seven years with DMD who do not have any deletion in exons 8 and/or 9 in the DMD gene and do not have a pre-existing immunity against AAVrh74, said Chugai, which licensed the drug from its majority owner Swiss pharma giant Roche (ROG: SIX) in 2021.

Marketresearch.biz has previously reported that the Duchenne muscular dystrophy market was valued at $3.5 billion in 2023. It is expected to reach $11.7 billion in 2033, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.16% during the forecast period from 2024 to 2033.

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