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MAY 23, 2022

FDA Expands Dupilumab Indication to EoE

First Approval to Specifically Treat the Immune Disorder

Originally published by our sister publication, Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News

The FDA has approved dupilumab (Dupixent, Regeneron/Sanofic) to treat eosinophilic esophagitis in patients 12 years and older weighing more than 40 kilograms. 

This approval makes dupilumab the first drug approved for the disorder, which has been growing in incidence worldwide since the earliest case reports published in the 1970s (Gastroenterol 2018;154[2]:319-332).  Current estimates say 300,000