Zeposia’s Ulcerative Colitis Approval Provides BMS’s Beachhead Into GI

The second US approval for the S1P receptor agonist brings Bristol into the gastrointestinal space, and is just the starting point for the pharma in that arena, the company told Scrip.

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Ulcerative colitis is Zeposia's second US indication

Bristol Myers Squibb Company is moving into a new arena with the US approval of Zeposia (ozanimod) for ulcerative colitis, the company’s first approval in gastrointestinal disease. The company intends this approval – the second for the S1P modulator – to be the first of several in the GI space.

Zeposia, acquired in the $74bn buyout of Celgene Corporation, was initially approved by the US Food and Drug Administration...

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