Sun Eyes Big Stage For Concert’s Alopecia Asset

Sun outlines contours of path ahead for deuruxolitinib, which came to it via the recent $576m Concert deal and pits it against Eli Lilly's Olumiant and Pfizer's investigational candidate ritlecitinib. The Indian firm is believed to have had the JAK 1/2 inhibitor on its radar since August last year.

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The proposed $576m Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. deal and compliance issues at an Indian site dominated Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.’s fiscal third quarter earnings discussion, with the senior management providing some broad indications on which way things are headed.

Concert’s main draw was its lead candidate and oral JAK 1/2 inhibitor for the treatment of alopecia areata, deuruxolitinib, which...

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