BMS Aims To Unseat Otezla In Psoriasis With US FDA-Approved Sotyktu

TYK2 Inhibitor Grows Bristol’s Immunology Franchise

Chief commercialization officer Chris Boerner said BMS plans to replace Otezla as the oral standard of care for moderate-to-severe psoriasis with Sotyktu (deucravacitinib); its list price is about 40% higher than Amgen’s product.

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BMS hired a whole new dermatology sales team to market Sotyktu • Source: Shutterstock

Bristol Myers Squibb Company has been preparing for a long time to launch its most recently approved product, the TYK2 inhibitor Sotyktu (deucravacitinib). And with its first dermatology drug, the company has set a big goal – to become the new standard of care for treating psoriasis with an oral therapy, unseating Amgen, Inc.’s established PDE4 inhibitor Otezla (apremilast).

The US Food and Drug Administration approved Sotyktu for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis on 9 September with a...

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