News: FDA Approves Heartburn Drug- Kapidex
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Takeda’s oral treatment for heartburn, Takeda Pharmaceuticals has announced on 2 February.
Kapidex delayed release capsules have been accepted by US health authorities as a medication for erosive oesophagitis and heartburn associated with symptomatic non-erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
“Through the discovery, development and commercialisation of new medicines, Takeda has been a leader in acid-related therapy for more than 15 years and is committed to bringing new therapies to market,” says Alan MacKenzie, president and chief executive of Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America.
He adds that the treatment is an “innovative” addition to the proton pump inhibitor market.
In clinical trials across 20 countries, involving around 6,000 patients with erosive and non-erosive GERD, Kapidex showed healing rates of 87 per cent compared to 85 per cent for another treatment, lansoprazole.
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