IQWiG finds no added benefit for Latuda in schizophrenia
The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has completed its examination of Latuda (lurasidone) as to whether this new drug offers an added benefit over the appropriate comparator therapy.
Latuda, marketed in Europe by Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical (TYO: 4502) under license from Sumitomo Dainippon (TYO: 4506), has been available since November 2014 for the treatment of adults with schizophrenia.
According to the IQWiG’s findings, an added benefit is not proven: It is uncertain both in the acute treatment and in the prevention of relapse whether the effect lurasidone has on the symptoms of schizophrenia is as good as that of the appropriate comparator therapies.
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