Rilonacept by Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals will reduce recurrent pericarditis to almost nothing.
New Drugs
Novel drugs approved by regulators for human use.
A drug is positioned as new if it:
- offers treatment for a disease for which no specific therapy previously existed
- targets a new therapeutic target
- has a new mechanism of action
- is developed in a new formulation, optimized or improved
- is part of a new combination drug
- belongs to a new class of drug compounds.